An active volcanic peak in the Antarctic is spewing gold into the atmosphere every day
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Mount Erebus, one of Antarctica's 138 active volcanoes, is known for emitting pockets of gas containing approximately 80 grams of crystallized gold each day
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The gold dust is valued at almost $6,000 (approximately Rs 5 lakh), according to experts
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The dust is present as far as 621 miles away from the volcano which stands at 12,448 feet
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Mount Erebus is thought to be the southernmost active volcano in the world
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As per NASA, the volcano regularly emits plumes of gas and steam and occasionally spits out rock (bombs) in strombolian eruptions
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NASA Earth Observatory said that gold dust is just one of many things that are being spewed out of Erebus
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Erebus is famous for its "lava lake" at one of its summit craters, "where molten material is present at the surface", Conor Bacon of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory said
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However, geographic isolation is a challenge in research about the volcano