A submarine volcano off of El Hierro in the Canary Islands began erupting gas and tephra into the sea in mid-October 2011.
The underwater volcano near the Canary Islands is growing ever closer to the water surface.
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The eruption may be quieting, but the water is still swirling with debris.
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The submarine eruption at El Hierro is turning the waters around the island into a jacuzzi-like mineral bath.
An underwater volcano in the Canary Islands turned waters green as it injected a plume of gas and crushed rock across the sea surface in October 2011.