Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is likely to persist for years, maybe decades.
Published Dec 11, 2017
Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.
Published Dec 24, 2013
One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 10,000 years occurred in approximately 1620 BC on the volcanic island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. This astronaut photograph illustrates the center of Santorini Volcano, located approximately 118 kilometers to the north of Crete.
Published Jun 30, 2008
he island of Ischia is approximately 30 kilometers southwest of Naples, Italy, in the western Bay of Naples (part of the Tyrrenhian Sea). While the island’s rocks are volcanic in origin, much of the island’s geology and current topography is characterized by blocks of uplifted rock and sunken areas between weak spots or cracks in Earth’s crust.
Published Sep 15, 2008
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
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
Against the odds, the landmass that exploded and oozed into existence in early 2015 is now nearly five years old.
Published Nov 19, 2019
Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.
Published Nov 29, 2015
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
In one frame International Space Station astronauts were able to capture the evolution of fringing reefs to atolls. As with the Hawaiian Islands, these volcanic hot spot islands become progressively older to the northwest. As these islands move away from their magma sources they erode and subside.
Published Feb 16, 2003
The eruption of an undersea volcano gave rise to new real estate between two islands in the kingdom of Tonga.
Published May 3, 2015
Acquired September 17, 2005, this true-color image shows Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands. Also shown are Tortola’s smaller neighbors: Guana Island, Grand Camanoe, and Beef Island.
Published Nov 29, 2009
Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan Island, part of the Kuril Island arc.
Published Jan 24, 2011
The small Puerto Rican island is a natural reserve that has been nicknamed the “Galapagos of the Caribbean.”
Published Feb 28, 2016
The island is a small but mighty example of compelling Galápagos biology.
Published Jul 21, 2012
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