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Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island
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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.公仔箱論壇# r7 E; L+ p" _2 B3 v ^" ~# R
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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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Atafu is made up of coral reefs that surrounded the flanks of a volcano that has since become inactive and submerged. Like many tropical
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Onekotan Island, Russia
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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 $ Y( P" Y; n" }# ^5 K
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on Earth, including a magnitude 9 here in 1952 which was followed a week later by Krenitzyn’s only historical eruption. This image was
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Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean
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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
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' A$ v6 T' K( K& k1 `5.39.217.77:8898The largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes,
5 `9 }7 |2 y. U9 O4 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbat 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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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, tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; s0 q' b$ P/ t9 `. {
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 Sea
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Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
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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
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9 B }) F# w4 iAugustine 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
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in April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.
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Lesser Sunda Islands, IndonesiaTVBNOW 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。' q# ^; ~# X( ^9 @0 C2 k
: \' i" `2 {% E2 i9 a3 W5.39.217.77:8898The three largest islands in this image, and many smaller ones, make up Indonesia’s Komodo National Park which was established in 1980 to protect
+ _8 U# b0 m' t% ^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
8 p2 g2 |0 u* j# E9 h @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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ]9 m8 S- j7 k4 }6 m6 m8 k! S* [
crust beneath them cooled.
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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 5.39.217.77:8898, ~' M; U) P0 r' m: @5 e! M+ Y
of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured by the 公仔箱論壇& p2 y) _' k' y; }" A$ A! b
MODIS 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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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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Alejandro Selkirk Island, South Pacific Ocean7 D [ b9 K- P7 O4 I7 @
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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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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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