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% u, y% `* t3 F" S5.39.217.77:8898Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island
- Q/ {" L+ M# k. J+ k; \5.39.217.77:8898from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above can be inspiring as well.
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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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Atafu Atoll, Tokelau, Pacific OceanTVBNOW 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。5 ?0 X! a: L$ {, I
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Around 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.
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a caldera that subsequently filled with water. The island inside the caldera is known as Krenitzyn Peak, which is the highest point on the 5 q# w- O, k9 ~5 f! z. \* N8 g
island at around 4,300 feet.; Y1 D" w" q' }9 P: L: K
0 e! _- I- n9 L9 s/ n5 r6 }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。Onekotan is in Russia’s Kuril Islands between Japan and the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The islands were formed by volcanic activity % Z- H; ?* d% [3 [- j$ K
caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Subduction can also generate some of the largest earthquakes " ]5 v1 I" y! K
on Earth, including a magnitude 9 here in 1952 which was followed a week later by Krenitzyn’s only historical eruption. This image was
* A* n$ S7 i* T: K9 X: Acaptured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on June 10, 2009.
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' b% i# A/ x; U1 J. J+ jGalapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean
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( G3 d* k7 d8 U& {: ]: O& rThe Galapagos Islands are the tops of volcanoes on the sea floor off the coast of South America along the equator. The volcanic activity
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1 F9 N5 K: `; ~. |6 A7 P$ l! uThe largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes, 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。& ?* l! W0 w, B) T3 u5 T6 H
at the top of the image above, is Wolf Volcano, which has erupted at least nine times since 1797. This image was taken by the Landsat
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7 m' I, i/ ^! ]7 pMaldives, Indian Ocean, D% e7 j' V( P; ~0 _% `
2 {0 P! S. M6 I9 E1 v公仔箱論壇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,
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1 `: h# h* E0 ~& j/ r5 Z$ tHenrietta Island, East Siberian Seatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ `$ [3 ^8 B: {
k1 Y" P0 h7 l( g7 A2 tThis 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
/ s/ H% a. G6 q$ I0 dTVBNOW 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。younger sedimentary rocks. This image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on April 30, 2009.# R4 t4 b, `5 V1 p4 b
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3 w( h( b! G/ b$ a. eThe spectacular underwater formations to the west of Eleuthera Island are made of calcium carbonate sand that has been eroded off
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is 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.
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4 D% I5 a4 Z- L GAugustine Volcano, Alaska公仔箱論壇# n* D1 D) U- [; i
8 E7 U; s4 y* f; r: C4 IThe most active volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian arc, Augustine Volcano’s biggest historical eruption occurred in 1883. It has been erupting for 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。- J3 z+ v6 n4 r0 \! o
40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite 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。 f* r9 a- x. m
in April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.
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The three largest islands in this image, and many smaller ones, make up Indonesia’s Komodo National Park which was established in 1980 to protect
, `2 V4 Q. }1 V( q" j4 Pthe 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
7 P+ \. y, D+ r9 {4 q5.39.217.77:8898of two tectonic plates. This image was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite in 2000.公仔箱論壇% ?$ J, w% f6 E6 v
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Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
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The Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it
; c; J3 v! ^ ?1 U# X9 Z( {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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Today, the hotspot is causing active volcanism on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea Volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. The rest
" G5 T0 ?9 t% ^4 _; L2 [9 N( K/ w5.39.217.77:8898of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured by the
5 K3 Q8 b/ g: u3 \& a公仔箱論壇MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
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* d% y6 [( V1 b& ]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。The 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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" s3 N6 K7 z& X2 T8 e2 a- H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
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This small member of the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile measures just under a mile across. But its 5,000 feet of elevation is high enough
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' ?3 N% V' }" A9 F7 a公仔箱論壇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
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Millennium Island, Republic of Kiribati, South Pacific OceanTVBNOW 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。) u0 b6 D3 f6 @
/ w' o; p2 v* G1 } I) }+ h% `Also known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a
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aboard the International Space Station on July 1, 2009.
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