NASA's Earth Observatory has spotted a newly birthed island in the Pacific ocean and it's already grown to at least six acre wide.
the seamount repeatedly oozed lava and ejected plumes of ash and smoke starting on September 10. Eleven hours after the eruptions began, though, the space agency began to notice the new island.
The image of the newly birthed island showcased above was captured by Landsat 9, which is part of NASA’s Operational Land Imager-2. That image was captured on September 14 and doesn’t show just how much the island has grown since its first appearance. Unfortunately, NASA says this newly birthed island isn’t likely to survive for very long. Most of the islands created byare short-lived. However, some have persisted for multiple years. Whether that will prove to be the case here or not is unclear, though.
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