Looking Further II

01 March 2008

Today is the two month anniversary of humans visiting this remarkable island. We have definitely noticed changes here since we first landed. More and more birds are being seen near and around our camp, and we have caught fish just off the coast. The planting mission is doing very well, also. We already have many young plants in our planting grounds. Some saplings have grown also, and we have marked the first one that came up as a major historic event (27 February). The garden around the Merchevic monument is blooming spectacularly. We are all very pleased with the island's progress.
- Hans Mindrim

06 March 2008

Frans Derzit has declared his findings to the world today! We have all been anxiously waiting for his conclusions ever since he got back, five days ago. He has refused to let anyone outside of his team anywhere near his tent. It has pushed Hans to the brink of explosion. He seems to be the most anxious out of all our party.

Anyway, back to the report! Derzit has gathered that the jets of steam and water on the interior of the island are newly forming geysers. They are greater than any others seen on earth because of the strange formation of the island. According to widely accepted hypothesis, a huge magma chamber bellow the surface burst all at once, creating the huge peace of land. The eruption was not a single vertical uprising, but a series of huge blankets which trapped large amounts of water under them. Heat from the magma still underground heated this trapped water to great temperatures until the pockets exploded upward through the surface. It is predicted that many of these pockets of super heated water have yet to erupt, so settling further inland should be postponed. The expedition has not come across constant geysers, which makes sense since no aquifers could have been formed yet. These findings confirm the island's volcanic origin.
- Ian Mindrim

-- Mindrim expedition records