Gold is falling from Mount Erebus onto Earth. Indeed, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Earth Observatory has revealed that this volcano in Antarctica is spewing out gold among other materials from deep within the Earth. A report by IFL Science states that a small fortune in gold is raining down, with the forces within the volcano extracting about $6000 worth of the yellow metal every day, or about 80 gms. But since no one can get there to try and claim it, there is no chance of a gold rush.
The gold is being ejected in pockets of gas by the volcano and it is in the form of crystallised gold. And because of that, the gold has been sprayed far and wide, reaching as far away as 621 miles from the volcano.
Mount Erebus is not the only volcano in Antarctica. There have been as many as 138 volcanoes identified in that region last time a study was conducted. Some 809 are regarded as being active while the rest are considered dormant.
The most notable feature of Mount Erebus is that it is the most violent and tallest (12,448 feet) active volcano in the continent. It has always been unstable, and when Captain Sir James Clark Ross first visited the area in 1841, there are rumors that he saw the volcano erupting.
Additionally, there was a time when an Air New Zealand plane collided with it, killing up to 257 people. It was allegedly attributed to a “whiteout,” an optical illusion that rendered the pilot’s view of the snow- and ice-covered volcano nearly impossible. It’s known as the Mount Erebus tragedy. The plane was flying beneath the clouds when it happened during the day.
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