Wonders of The World

---

• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

Go to page: 1  2 3

An Island is Born

One dark morning in November 1963 Icelandic fishermen looked on in wonder as dense smoke began rising from the sea. They soon realised that a volcano in the sea was erupting. The volcano threw out ash and cinders and glowing lava bombs to form a small island in the sea.
The Icelanders named it Surtsey after Surtur, a fire demon of Icelandic mythology but they did not expect the island to survive. They thought it would be washed away by the sea. However three months later the volcano erupted again spewing lava on the original debris thus ensuring that it would not be washed away - and the world realised that Surtsey had come to stay.

---

Last updated on :6/29/2003