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9 ^# `% ?3 ^4 }6 f5 QIslands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( _, e9 O7 k, K# ^
from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above can be inspiring as well.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. N' N |# W3 W2 o0 A3 T6 w; W
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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 Ocean
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miles wide and is the smallest of three atolls in the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand territory.5.39.217.77:8898; E/ r# K z+ E. h9 E
: c) x5 F- o$ ^Atafu is made up of coral reefs that surrounded the flanks of a volcano that has since become inactive and submerged. Like many tropical
3 G+ l& Y( @; F+ S- [/ G2 [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.公仔箱論壇2 m7 W9 k- x$ v" h* x- E7 h: l
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! T' Z, ?2 H) Q7 J# }5.39.217.77:8898An 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
: y4 C2 s8 f2 Qa caldera that subsequently filled with water. The island inside the caldera is known as Krenitzyn Peak, which is the highest point on the
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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
8 Q; [* E4 X1 w, O- w3 o7 B& Q5.39.217.77:8898caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Subduction can also generate some of the largest earthquakes
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captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on June 10, 2009.5.39.217.77:8898. r& U5 R, T% g Z$ O8 m) H& ^
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' q0 T% w1 o: f, Q& Q0 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Galapagos Islands are the tops of volcanoes on the sea floor off the coast of South America along the equator. The volcanic activity 2 q& ]0 t6 i, }$ e! z( K$ L0 N
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.5.39.217.77:8898" P6 p: k" a r; S/ _) r
( \8 e* S; _% C! W5 e" ^The largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes,
* m6 d L6 @$ Q5 }0 g# E/ r# G. p8 n5.39.217.77:8898at 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 5.39.217.77:8898, |* x( i6 R% h) o* R6 F
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6 P* ^0 v6 ~- z2 j8 Z) }/ V2 _- ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMaldives, Indian 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。& u' f/ b4 O1 b8 g5 k$ @1 ]
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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, 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。3 k, F6 ^5 x! l) [) ~
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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Henrietta Island, East Siberian Seatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& I: C1 y" t2 p9 j( {. O0 c. V$ D7 p
" R" T& `) X# b! jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis 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
6 x' j1 X6 ^' y3 g- [% }. i6 iyounger sedimentary rocks. This image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on April 30, 2009.
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7 y+ X8 m8 ^, j* J1 U% }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
9 D* |. [; Q7 A* f5 r% ]4 q公仔箱論壇of coral reefs and deposited in dunes by ocean currents.
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This 2002 image was captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Located in the middle of the Bahamas, Eleuthra Island
m2 B) l, m" Y3 K$ L' _$ ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbis 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.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。+ S$ w) C6 h6 j9 X
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, l6 a9 L6 }, S, D- p公仔箱論壇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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 @0 ~) }6 r9 q1 ]3 k( }9 |
40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite
2 E, T* j* P! V/ y, k Xin April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.2 H( S" \: Z! R5 O/ [5 p# P# v
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$ L" B" \4 j6 }4 G% A- ATVBNOW 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。Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
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- O& h5 B% a, E, Z E1 c5.39.217.77:8898The three largest islands in this image, and many smaller ones, make up Indonesia’s Komodo National Park which was established in 1980 to protect
/ d% d6 t8 H2 O* c7 Qthe 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
8 R7 ~! M8 p$ G# v. D! ^( kTVBNOW 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.- g5 k1 b4 `* q6 I. E9 i
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8 A, F }- J) r: k4 dHawaiian 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
0 a7 O2 h Q+ z7 e3 _公仔箱論壇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。: V5 f6 v6 m6 O5 T: d* `& m: H/ R3 g
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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
. d/ @: ~1 h) \. W6 R) u) E0 Rof the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured by the
) k% x* i4 ^) ~/ ]4 K) g2 w5.39.217.77:8898MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean5.39.217.77:88981 a$ Y( C8 B: ^! B9 J5 R! B
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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,
% y6 h$ p! V$ u4 J I% E! ~) p5.39.217.77:8898it 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
0 [$ E0 G( q3 z* w$ B; F! C: @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe crust beneath them cooled.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。( P4 C V# ]3 n- i% p
% u' q6 } |6 i% f4 } n O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
3 G! {9 r7 h, T0 [( u/ x公仔箱論壇rest of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured
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2 N$ M: a, z5 I; V公仔箱論壇Alejandro Selkirk Island, 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。; q7 x O9 ] s3 y. Z G, z. p
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ h- H8 O- g8 J; F1 r1 O' @
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
3 ?2 f0 m$ \+ s+ ]3 ^5 t5.39.217.77:8898pattern 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb h. p y ~" U8 e$ j `
by the Landsat 7 satellite in 1999. ~' A: N; m$ t) i2 i; C3 [
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. M+ k9 ]# ?* e- F# D9 B4 p5.39.217.77:8898Millennium Island, Republic of Kiribati, South Pacific Oceantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- C( |; x$ i! [! C* M( v
% ^8 S, g- C& N; H4 Z+ `9 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。Also known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' [- |& ?/ c% r. W" o
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
3 w5 I& {& R6 o( G8 Zfor guano, though today there are no people and it is among the world’s most pristine tropical islands. This image was taken by astronauts
; e# \5 }& k, x6 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbaboard the International Space Station on July 1, 2009.
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