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Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea
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Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea

Volcanic activity in the Zubair Island group appears to have ceased.

Published Feb 29, 2012

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Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea
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Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea

An eruption and an apparent new island appeared in the Red Sea in December 2011.

Published Dec 28, 2011

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New Volcanic Island in the Red Sea
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New Volcanic Island in the Red Sea

A new island is forming in the Red Sea. Satellite imagery indicates an ongoing eruption in the Zubair Group of the coast of Yemen is largely above water.

Published Jan 9, 2012

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When Two Become One
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When Two Become One

Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.

Published Dec 24, 2013

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Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two
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Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two

Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.

Published Nov 29, 2015

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New Island Made of Tuff Stuff
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New Island Made of Tuff Stuff

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is likely to persist for years, maybe decades.

Published Dec 11, 2017

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All Eyes on Tonga’s Kingdom of Volcanoes
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All Eyes on Tonga’s Kingdom of Volcanoes

An undersea eruption at Lateiki Island in late October 2019 has brought new life to an older island in the Tonga chain.

Published Nov 26, 2019

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Closeup of Anak Krakatau
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Closeup of Anak Krakatau

Published Nov 23, 2004

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Jebel at Tair Eruption
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Jebel at Tair Eruption

Published Oct 1, 2007

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Connecting Islands in the Pacific
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Connecting Islands in the Pacific

The eruption of an undersea volcano gave rise to new real estate between two islands in the kingdom of Tonga.

Published May 3, 2015

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Tremors, Eruption at El Hierro Subsiding?
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Tremors, Eruption at El Hierro Subsiding?

The eruption may be quieting, but the water is still swirling with debris.

Published Dec 21, 2011

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Making a Connection in the Kingdom of Tonga
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Making a Connection in the Kingdom of Tonga

Against the odds, the landmass that exploded and oozed into existence in early 2015 is now nearly five years old.

Published Nov 19, 2019

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“New” Pacific Island Consumes Its Neighbor
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“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.

Published Apr 4, 2014

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Plume from Jebel at Tair
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Plume from Jebel at Tair

Published Nov 21, 2007

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El Hierro Submarine Eruption
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El Hierro Submarine Eruption

An underwater volcano in the Canary Islands turned waters green as it injected a plume of gas and crushed rock across the sea surface in October 2011.

Published Oct 26, 2011

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Umnak Island
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Umnak Island

Landsat caught a rare glimpse of the third-largest Aleutian Island.

Published Oct 20, 2017

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Marion Island, South Africa
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Marion Island, South Africa

Acquired on on May 5, 2009, this true-color image shows Marion Island in the Indian Ocean. Sparsely vegetated, this volcanic island has remnants of snow near its summit.

Published Oct 18, 2009

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