The southern Caspian, nestled along the Iranian shore, presents a different landscape altogether. Here, the sea meets the towering peaks of the Caucasus Mountains, creating a narrow marine plain ...

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...

The Caspian Sea has witnessed a bizarre phenomenon ... These eruptions are often hazardous, but also fascinating, as they shape the landscape in unexpected ways. According to Tingay, mud volcanoes ...

The Caspian Sea, located at the heart of the Middle Corridor ... A Lee Jae-myung presidency will complicate the political landscape in East Asia, forcing Trump to prioritize which security ...

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 ...

A rare 'ghost island' appeared and quickly disappeared in the Caspian Sea after the eruption of Kumani Bank mud volcano off Azerbaijan's coast. NASA satellites captured the event, showing the ...

A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, has captivated researchers. The island emerged in early 2023, only to recede into the sea by the end of 2024 ...

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery. | Credit: NASA Earth ...