I was wondering if that was there before. There is a new island in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
The patch of land was created from a ridge of underwater volcanoes. The Home Reef seamount is a mountain in the ocean.
According to the Earth Observatory's release, a volcano erupted this month, bursting with lava that spilled out into the ocean and billowed smoke into the air.
A brand spankin' new island emerged after eleven hours. The island was captured in a beautiful, natural-color image by NASA.
The island was estimated to be about 43,000 square feet or one acre in size and 33 above sea level by the initial measurement. The little island had grown to 6 acres in size by September 20.
The Home Reef seamount's position in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone makes it unsurprising that it has spawned volcanic activity. The Pacific plate is the largest in the world at 40 million square miles.
Subduction means that the Pacific Plate gradually sinks beneath the other two lighter colliding plates, and in the process gapes one of the deepest trenches on Earth, the Kermadec Trench.
NASA warns that islands created by underwater volcanos are usually short-lived. One island that was created from the Late'iki Volcano in 1995 stayed in place for 25 years, which is not very long in geological terms.
We are rooting for this one. There is a tiny island.
A study found that active supervolcano is causing ground above it to shift.
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