The solution to the mystery of the strange

American scientists also found the answer to the formation of mysterious stone columns in Iceland.

Recently scientists have published a mysterious deciphering of a series of small stone pillars formed in Iceland. Thereby, the experts confirmed that it is the lava flow and a stream of water that meets each other, causing explosions to create "pillow lava" under the sea. Strangely, these blocks and lava blocks are also scattered around Skaelinger valley in Iceland.

Geologist Tracy Gregg of the University of Buffalo, New York accidentally discovered these strange pillars in 1998. Those pillars are about 2.4 meters high, 1m wide, looking far away from the logs of the tree. .

In 2010, Tracy Gregg and her graduate student Kenneth Christie studied the structure in Iceland together. They concluded, the formation of the strange stone pillars in Skaelinge had a deep cause from the eruption of the Laki volcano in 1783, which lasted for eight months . The eruption is estimated to produce 122 million tons of sulfur dioxide.

In addition, there are a number of other gases from cracks, stomata and lava flow. Dense and hot steam has covered the area for days. About 9,000 people (1/4 of the population here) were killed. Not only that, but this huge amount of emissions also affects many parts of Europe.

These lava flows slowly around the Skaelinger valley, but then merge with the water in the dam of the valley. Typically, this "encounter" will form lava pillow or will flare up if the lava flow hits the water at a sufficient speed, and the nature of the lava flow is suitable for the steam boundary being break.

Currently, Gregg and his colleagues continue to research to be able to decipher this completely mysterious. The study is published in the Journal of Volcanic and Geothermal Studies.