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Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island 公仔箱論壇/ q2 m5 p4 w+ b& }+ O2 [7 A
from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above can be inspiring as well.& n- s9 t' ?( i( k
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We’ve collected images taken by astronauts and satellites from space of some of the most interesting islands on the planet.
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% F( U$ J8 {7 s$ Q4 hAround 500 people live on Atafu Atoll, mostly in a village that can be seen on the corner in the left of the image above. Atafu is just five
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atolls, Atafu is very low lying and vulnerable to sea-level rise. This photograph was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station in January.) H) x" K" G5 u5 c, i; l, u$ ^
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Onekotan Island, Russia
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: e: V+ V1 w# O" v3 V. @% h. ^& Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAn island within an island was created after a big eruption around 9,000 years ago caused the peak of Onekotan’s volcano to collapse, forming
: G; @: ]) G+ D8 O  S2 G公仔箱論壇a caldera that subsequently filled with water. The island inside the caldera is known as Krenitzyn Peak, which is the highest point on the
/ Y2 T7 X* f' Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbisland at around 4,300 feet.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! R4 O* V2 |& ^+ M( e/ J
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Onekotan is in Russia’s Kuril Islands between Japan and the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The islands were formed by volcanic activity 公仔箱論壇' n  ~6 n$ u, U4 L
caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Subduction can also generate some of the largest earthquakes tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* W5 r3 |+ i! v+ w0 i
on Earth, including a magnitude 9 here in 1952 which was followed a week later by Krenitzyn’s only historical eruption. This image was 5.39.217.77& Y$ u- U* T8 z* m- ]
captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on June 10, 2009.
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The Galapagos Islands are the tops of volcanoes on the sea floor off the coast of South America along the equator. The volcanic activity TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 u7 {, Q$ m. b6 Z. R" P0 Q0 R2 R
that formed the islands is thought to be the result of a plume of hot mantle material rising from deep in the Earth’s interior.公仔箱論壇! X$ P" u3 l* R, o' o9 _
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The largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes,
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7 satellite in 2001.公仔箱論壇/ `- Q& ?, z7 w7 q1 v0 ?
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9 W" P$ V6 D  J6 @Maldives, Indian Ocean. n' r  v: V0 e$ e' ~, |# t+ l

" s/ z  ?) f. ]( [% C+ ITVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The Maldives comprise 1,192 small coral islands adding up to just 115 square miles of territory. About 330,00 people live on the islands,
9 V; d9 O5 @: VTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。the average elevation of which is a little more than 3 feet. It is probably the lowest country in the world.
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This image of the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls was taken in 2002 by the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
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Henrietta Island, East Siberian Sea
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0 u- O- Y9 T2 q4 UThis glacier-covered Russian island is just 6 miles wide. Beneath the ice, the island is made up of 500-million-year-old volcanic rocks overlain by
& c9 ?. {6 Q  H' f1 M+ k5.39.217.77younger sedimentary rocks. This image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on April 30, 2009.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ Y) A3 g+ E6 H$ u" w2 h
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Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
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The spectacular underwater formations to the west of Eleuthera Island are made of calcium carbonate sand that has been eroded off
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6 D# Y* I7 e3 p$ E* XTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。This 2002 image was captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Located in the middle of the Bahamas, Eleuthra Islandtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 s& n6 c) u8 a% h% w; w. {
is 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.5 G/ q8 |8 D$ i" G! n% p
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The most active volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian arc, Augustine Volcano’s biggest historical eruption occurred in 1883. It has been erupting for 5.39.217.77- S0 R2 |! N! T5 m9 v  a
40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite
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( L$ }+ |' b8 L7 f) Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe three largest islands in this image, and many smaller ones, make up Indonesia’s Komodo National Park which was established in 1980 to protect
% t# i4 e/ P# {2 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe world’s largest lizard species, Komodo dragon. The total area of the park is 230 square miles. The islands are volcanoes caused by the collision
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Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
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% c( ~5 h- v9 x; W6 `3 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it 5.39.217.77& h& T" h9 \$ U* R! b) T
formed a chain of islands that first grew larger as they actively erupted, and then slowly eroded and sank below the surface of the ocean as the
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% L2 W6 ?5 q- Z2 @+ H) t  H% w公仔箱論壇Today, the hotspot is causing active volcanism on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea Volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. The rest
- K0 z+ N; A, H5 y  f2 z3 _5.39.217.77of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured by the
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* \, {; |2 _1 `! P& E, {+ cThe Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot,
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rest of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured 7 s$ o+ a; v( S3 c, _. Q
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Alejandro Selkirk Island, South Pacific Ocean
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to reach the layer of stratocumulus clouds pictured above. The result is a type of flow known as a von Karmen vortex street. This striking, curly tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 y9 \. [" Y; N% Y- |7 p1 P( M
pattern of eddies can also be seen in clouds, and fluids or air moving past rounded objects such as an airplane wing. This image was taken TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 R6 `' p, R3 p& R( m+ Q2 G
by the Landsat 7 satellite in 1999.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 K: @7 X' k0 T5 ^

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# r- D, n, r" |2 z5.39.217.77Also known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a
2 z" i3 L6 r' }: T1 OTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。central lagoon. The maximum elevation of the island is less than 20 feet above sea level. In the past, the island has been inhabited and mined
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aboard the International Space Station on July 1, 2009.