From the album Sounds From Phantom Islands

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The Australian ship Southern Surveyor sails toward the Eastern Coral Sea in November 2012. The crew is nervous when approaching the coordinates of Sandy Island north-east of New Caledonia. Minuscule archipelagos and stone-hard chalk riffs are common in this area. Captain Fred Stein and marine geologist Maria Seton have ordered their crew on deck to scan the waves for dangerous riffs or seabed sightings. Some of the scientist on board follow the search on the computer screen – and are amused to live-track their ship as it crosses the black pixels on Google Maps labelled Sandy Island. The explorers have undiscovered an islet that has been on the maps since Captain Cook charted it on his second voyage as lying off the northern tip of New Caledonia. A British Admiralty chart of 1908 that includes Sandy Island warns: "Caution is necessary while navigating among the low lying islands of the Pacific Ocean. The general details have been collated from the voyages of various navigators extending over a long series of years. The relative position of many dangers may therefore not be exactly given."
 
First Appearance: Chart of discoveries made in the South Pacific Ocean by HMS Resolution under the command of Captain Cook. 1774, published 1776

Last Appearance: Google Earth 2012

Sunshower At Sandy Island

Andrew Pekler