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[00:01.59]This tiny South Pacific island may not look like much.
[00:06.40]But it was once a mountain that towered above the waves.
[00:10.54]Now it barely breaks the surface.
[00:13.72]Yet still it attracts a spectacular array of wildlife.
[00:18.84]There are thousands of islands just like this scattered across the Pacific,
[00:24.75]and all are teeming with life.
[00:27.94]So what has reduced the mountains of the Pacific to this?
[00:32.19]Almost seven miles deep,
[00:34.11]the Pacific is the deepest body of water on the planet.
[00:37.84]But sometimes, the seabed shoots to the surface.
[00:42.10]Behold one of nature's rarest sights - the creation of a new island.
[00:47.79]This is Kavachi in the Solomon Islands,
[00:51.72]one of the most active undersea volcanoes in the world.
[00:56.44]In the last 100 years, Kavachi's emerged above the waves just a handful of times,
[01:02.25]but so far to no avail.
[01:04.98]Powerful waves keep sweeping its efforts away.