The ongoing volcanic eruption at Nishino-shima is building up the island in the western Pacific Ocean.
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After satellites detected a “hotspot” on Tinakula, a tiny island in the South Pacific, a high-resolution image confirmed volcanic activity.
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This true-color image from July 7, 2009, shows Anak Krakatau releasing a small plume of steam that blows toward the southwest.
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Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.
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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.
Indonesia’s Paluweh Volcano (also known as Rokatenda) continues to erupt.
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Nearly one-third of the island appears to have burned.
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The eruption of an undersea volcano gave rise to new real estate between two islands in the kingdom of Tonga.
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is likely to persist for years, maybe decades.
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through some growing pains.
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Landsat caught a rare glimpse of the third-largest Aleutian Island.
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Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.
A rare clear sky revealed the active heart of the South Pacific volcano.
One of the most active volcanoes on the Indonesian island of Java spewed fresh ash and gases in early July 2015.
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The submarine eruption at El Hierro is turning the waters around the island into a jacuzzi-like mineral bath.