“New” Pacific Island Consumes Its Neighbor

In the western Pacific Ocean, a new volcanic island that formed in the shadow of Nishino-shima has merged with it. The island has doubled in size as the eruption continues.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Coastline derived from data ©2013 Digital Globe. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, with some interpretation from Erik Klemetti.

Published April 4, 2014
Data acquired March 30, 2014

Source:

Landsat 8 > OLI

Topic:

Solid Earth > Volcanoes > Volcanic Ash/Dust