"The monster rises out of the water", screamed the Spanish newspaper La Provincia.
Scientists, meanwhile, are being a bit more level-headed about the
undersea volcano south of El Hierro in the Canary Islands; they now
believe it is in the third phase of its eruption -- fountains of water
have been shooting out of the Atlantic up to 20 meters in the air over
the last few days. On Tuesday, some local residents even saw stones
being catapulted out of the sea.
A seething maelstrom, dozens of meters across, is bubbling away in the
ocean. Measurements show that the vortices are significantly warmer than
the surrounding water. Read Full
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