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
Nishinoshima spews a plume of ash and gas, part of an ongoing eruption that continues to increase the size of the small island.
Published Mar 5, 2015
Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.
Published Nov 29, 2015
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
More than a year after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, a new Japanese island continues to grow.
Published Dec 2, 2014
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through some growing pains.
Published Jul 6, 2020
The island has been growing steadily since 2013.
Published Apr 21, 2017
Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.
Published Dec 24, 2013
A volcano in the far South Atlantic appears to be erupting for the first time in 60 years.
Published May 10, 2016Image of the Day Heat Land Water Volcanoes Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
This distant, lonely volcanic rock brings new meaning to the phrase “the middle of nowhere.”
Published Dec 19, 2015
Semisopochnoi is the “Island of the Seven Mountains, ” or more precisely in Russian: “having seven hills.” This uninhabited volcanic island is also an important nesting area for maritime birds of the North Pacific.
Published Dec 29, 2010
This astronaut photograph shows the southern end of Paramushir Island after a snowfall. Four volcanic centers are brightly lit on their western slopes and deeply shadowed to the east.
Published Jul 12, 2010
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