NASA satellite imaging suggested that the island — which measured around 1,300 feet across — had emerged between January 30 and February 4. Like most island visits, this one was all too brief.

The island was spotted by satellite in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, NASA says. NASA photo Like some sort of modern Atlantis, a “ghost” island has largely ...

NASA scientists have been left baffled by satellite pictures showing a “ghost” island appearing - and then mysteriously vanishing. The "weird" sandy protrusion emerged in the Caspian Sea after ...

But by the Feburary image, the island had appeared, and a sediment plume driftd away from it. According to Mark Tingay, a geologist at the University of Adelaide, additional satellite ...