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* b5 j6 {7 S# V+ X+ y5.39.217.77:8898Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island
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5 I; c) V3 `; ^" p7 h3 q/ x& @5.39.217.77:8898We’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。& C! f# Q- M4 \! Q8 z0 L
6 B* \9 b) f% X6 R3 t2 \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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6 N' B0 K% H: A公仔箱論壇Atafu is made up of coral reefs that surrounded the flanks of a volcano that has since become inactive and submerged. Like many tropical 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。9 l* Q2 g7 z8 u+ s7 @$ v8 c
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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$ S/ `6 u' F" }- j0 a& n; Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOnekotan Island, Russia
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* w" z0 ^* H" F6 c! E5.39.217.77:8898An 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
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island at around 4,300 feet.
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) h% r# I1 h( @: S# L2 O5.39.217.77:8898Onekotan is in Russia’s Kuril Islands between Japan and the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The islands were formed by volcanic activity 3 J+ C6 N3 C5 T- a( g7 v! s
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% j( V5 q! F5 I: d7 c4 B4 \) Z1 F
on Earth, including a magnitude 9 here in 1952 which was followed a week later by Krenitzyn’s only historical eruption. This image was 公仔箱論壇0 O5 y5 d: P9 n2 A
captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on June 10, 2009.
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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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$ f. C& F" I# w1 x3 @8 o& U公仔箱論壇Maldives, Indian Ocean
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- x& e7 Y9 f$ V: JThe 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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This image of the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls was taken in 2002 by the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.5.39.217.77:8898( S+ \0 Z m) S
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Henrietta Island, East Siberian SeaTVBNOW 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。: b8 q+ O. z# R) q3 O& b
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This 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
1 c+ a" y9 N: e8 a) T6 M# L, Pyounger 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。2 z+ R$ _: ^8 ]- e c
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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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) V1 I9 F) d: K' ^$ f" \This 2002 image was captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Located in the middle of the Bahamas, Eleuthra Island
+ a7 m n' s5 x/ q( S: t0 ~5.39.217.77:8898is 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.8 _) d" G: V+ w) z: s' R: ^/ ~! V
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Augustine Volcano, Alaska
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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 1 j( v( ]; x/ N
40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite
7 ?" J/ d0 M/ d' _! z5.39.217.77:8898in 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
: V6 G8 q: [% b1 s! ~4 A* D0 u5 y% ^公仔箱論壇the 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
/ T5 c5 D1 d# F5 ^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。of two tectonic plates. This image was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite in 2000.
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Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
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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 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。. P% k% B9 _& @0 x/ c) o7 y9 m
crust beneath them cooled.
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0 L* F( x/ y0 Y5 t& G5.39.217.77:8898Today, the hotspot is causing active volcanism on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea Volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. The rest
8 H8 Z: _0 X) \6 ]. I y# J) i5.39.217.77:8898of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured by the
. f# o% a, m4 C. w$ h3 Z9 d2 IMODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.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,
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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 公仔箱論壇3 }+ A) H7 j$ M! u
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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 $ _0 ?6 s" h5 Y6 P' p& F0 C
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 5.39.217.77:8898/ y9 N& c# C/ l x0 z
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。" x* b9 H- A# l9 P. J
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Also known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a 5.39.217.77:8898- p, @ y; V4 @
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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