According to the report, the name of the gold-spewing volcano is Mount Erebus. It is one of the 138 active volcanoes in the Antarctic.
According to the American space agency NASA, the volcano is located on top of a thin piece of crust. In such a situation, the melting rocks rise up from the Earth’s interior and regularly emit gas and steam. During this period, explosions also occur in the volcano. According to reports, a lava lake has also formed in Mount Erebus since 1972.
Connor Bacon, an Earth observatory at Columbia University in New York, told Live Science. told Mount Erebus has been erupting continuously since 1972. He said that this volcano is also famous for its “lava lake”. There are pits on the top of this volcano. Molten surface material is present in it. These are actually quite rare.
The geographical position of the volcano is such that it is difficult to keep an eye on it. Information about Mount Erebus continues to be collected from Deception Island in Antarctica. From there, scientists have detected crystallized gold in the gases coming out from it. Scientists feel that when more research instruments are installed around this volcano, they can get more new information.
While it is difficult for scientists to reach Mount Erebus, it is impossible for a common man to go there. This place is also 621 miles away from the Earth’s southernmost Spivar Volcano. This place is completely covered with snow. It is at a very high altitude, where the temperature remains in minus.