Coral Mystery pt.II the History

In the spring of 1879 all the boats returned, wandering over the new bank of which Commander La Via provides a full description and mapping: “From the plan I am honored to send to Your Excellency you can see the position and the extent of the coral bank, and though it is not marked with astronomical...

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The Sciacca Mystery the History

In 1875, about 30 miles off the coast of Sciacca, Sicily, fishermen discovered a coral bank. But this coral was of a strange orange color, very different from what was normally found in the area. Stranger still was the fact that an enormous quantity of this coral was simply piled in great mounds in...

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Volcano Rising

He may be a historian by training, but Dr. Ralph Harrington really gets his blood pumping by studying volcanoes, a past time that has followed him since seeing his first volcano Vesuvias alongside the Bay of Naples when he was very small. He seems to know quite a lot about the connection between volcanoes...

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Coral Mistery the History

In March/April 1877 there they all were once again. Collecting the crumbs, (kg. 275,000) and selling, in fact almost donating, the coral, earning a total amount of 3,400,000 lire. A report issued by the Merchant Marine Headquarters, dated 27 November 1887, provides some interesting information about...

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The Discover of the Coral

Mid May 1875: Alberto Maniscalco, called Bertu Ammareddu (little shrimp) together with two of his friends, Giuseppe Muschidda and Alberto Occhidilampa, were on his boat. They were fishing using the parangali, a sort of mast with many hooks, about a dozen nautical miles off Capo San Marco, in other...

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A History of Coral of times gone by

Lost Island Project pruodly presents an abstract of the incredible history of the Sciacca Coral. Thanks to our new expert dott. Giuseppe Rajola, one of the most red coral expert in the world and CEO of Rajola SPA, who give us the opportunity to share with you his incredible scientific research on...

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What we are looking for: Fumarole

The exhalative field, strictly elongated north-south, from the depths of 90-100 m is followed down along the side of the building and then through the floor with marine volcanic, with an overall probably more than 3 km. The fumaroles have a reach really very high and give rise to violent eruptions...

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Scientific Research

Overall, the volcanic products erupted in the Sicily Channel constitute a bimodal sodic, moderately alkaline association. The basic rocks, alkali basalts and hawaiites, are largelypredominant, and in many volcanic areas, as on the island of Linosa and in the submarine volcanoes of Adventure plateau...

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A taste of Sicily

More of a sugar-spiked espresso than a milky cappuccino, Sicily will reward you with an intense bittersweet experience rather than anything lightweight and frothy. In Sicily it seems as though the sun shines brighter, the shadows are darker, and life is lived full on and for the moment. Overloaded...

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The road to discovery

  The road to discoveryIn our previous posts we have talked about the Balck Smokers and their great scientific importance. The evidence that we have collected over the last few days, give us hope. As you know the Island Ferdinandea is an unknown destination and out of the reach of diving centers,...

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Lost Island: What we are lookin' for Part II

  Did you ever imagine that life could start at the very depths of the ocean floor? Some scientists hypothesize, with help from studies on “black smokers,” that underwater sea vents could be originators of life.According to a 2007 report on livescience.com, geologists from Saint Louis University...

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Lost Island Project: What we are lookin' for

"Black Smoker" A black smoker is a type of hydrothermal vent found on the ocean floor. They are formed when superheated water from below the Earth's crust comes through the ocean floor. This water is rich in dissolved minerals from the crust, notably sulphides. When it comes...

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Explorin Mount Etna

Mount Etna  is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, close to Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active volcano on the European continent, currently standing 3,329 m (10,922 ft)...

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Documentation of the Hill of the Vulcanelli - National reserve of Macalube Aragona

Documentation Set in the Natural Reserve "Macalube of Aragona". A series of little volcanoes of mud describing a lunar landscape. The Reserve is born to protect a rare geologic phenomenon that, in analogy with the volcanic one, is defined sedimentary volcanism. This type of phenomenon has to be included...

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