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Date: Jan 26 22:29 2011

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New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea There's a new island in the azure waters off Pakistan, but you might want to hold off on vacation planning: The tiny dot is a mud volcano that will likely disappear before it sees 1,001 Arabian nights. Pakistani fishers reported the new mud volcano in the Arabian Sea in late November, and NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite snapped a picture of it (right) on January 11. The volcano was not in a satellite picture of the same region taken last February. According to NASA, mud volcano "islands" have appeared in the Arabian Sea before, and most have washed away within a few months. Read more __________________

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