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Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island
2 ~ A8 t; K( |. g5 _$ UTVBNOW 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。from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above can be inspiring as well.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。8 P7 @; Q! D. D$ e* _# P
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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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/ {7 T: V! O6 Q J- d$ j7 pAtafu 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。! A& z9 O+ r( E$ A2 M6 g
/ o* p1 m3 C" G* p; ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAround 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 X5 N. _. [# ~* u! {% O1 e+ H
miles wide and is the smallest of three atolls in the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand territory.
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" f. Z- A1 Y( 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。Atafu is made up of coral reefs that surrounded the flanks of a volcano that has since become inactive and submerged. Like many tropical 6 R( c1 C( O# D1 q, ?
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 n$ c; u1 P2 z9 H5 V
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/ V% ]9 T2 k! o2 P$ N5.39.217.76Onekotan Island, Russia- s5 l, @: k' J2 O, v
) _" |' i% x( O* g- e2 E- ^- e7 W( tAn 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 6 J, S: \7 _8 v, i! }
a caldera that subsequently filled with water. The island inside the caldera is known as Krenitzyn Peak, which is the highest point on the " ]& G# N2 C7 y0 v# k( s) n
island at around 4,300 feet.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。4 h0 }4 e2 X/ G( m+ V: i& f {9 w
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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 ) N8 `$ y# k, I( o' j
caused 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.
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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 公仔箱論壇6 N( F& y X# m9 M8 p' h* Y5 v
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.公仔箱論壇+ F: V( y8 k6 U. J, G
2 U/ F. G% W; @5 H7 M/ {The largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes, 5.39.217.76 f* V; D; B* H# w
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 5.39.217.763 I) d; P5 c8 D# J" I+ M; O
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Maldives, Indian Ocean
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- q5 t' ^ H9 `1 ?: A5.39.217.76The Maldives comprise 1,192 small coral islands adding up to just 115 square miles of territory. About 330,00 people live on the islands,
6 P7 I* o `9 athe average elevation of which is a little more than 3 feet. It is probably the lowest country in the world.7 I+ {3 c' A. ~
2 t+ A8 l; @( D) M; e* N0 vTVBNOW 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。This image of the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls was taken in 2002 by the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite., n+ B3 o' t$ p/ F$ F8 u% O
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Henrietta Island, East Siberian Sea
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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
5 w4 A$ i$ v% h4 B. t# N% }8 tyounger 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。; X( f, p6 y c9 r; A' X
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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 公仔箱論壇# m6 [0 \* [0 ~! i8 I
of coral reefs and deposited in dunes by ocean currents.5.39.217.76/ f/ z+ y+ H; S% }9 s
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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
2 p/ c) Q% y7 W9 wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbis 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.
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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
9 d1 O1 Y3 ^9 }4 q, I7 C40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite 7 k9 {" F; d4 s* G
in April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.公仔箱論壇& ]0 l& Z, J5 {5 G
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, g* ~* Q$ A% V0 JLesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia5.39.217.764 I# S: c5 b. W3 M; j w$ B
* C* Z, Y* a0 f3 I, I& i+ `+ wThe three largest islands in this image, and many smaller ones, make up Indonesia’s Komodo National Park which was established in 1980 to protect
) ` ]. W9 A( q0 M- @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 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
9 K& ^. U$ P7 D, e2 Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbof 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% M! C6 Q- l6 v7 E; f
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5 q# U8 Y% o7 |7 i# z& c6 DThe Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it : D; C% I6 B# p0 R
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
8 q: R+ Z5 t$ o/ b8 j! n: xcrust 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 公仔箱論壇- Y# P0 L/ g. Y6 I% S
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
( p4 D- {7 r4 Y* T* ^MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean( ~: R- _; Q O2 P9 \
4 z l; m) e% xTVBNOW 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, 5.39.217.76) V+ v6 B5 i* J8 s' h
it 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
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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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by the MODIS instrument aboard 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。' D- E/ G4 ^$ S0 A8 m$ g
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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
7 h) p# `3 s* S! A6 f. F& U% xto 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
1 l2 t2 Y+ D0 @& ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbpattern 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. ` G) j+ G' t7 V# [$ Q! D
by the Landsat 7 satellite in 1999.
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Millennium Island, Republic of Kiribati, South Pacific Ocean
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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
" S( J* @2 q) e0 v! f# W* b; y' bTVBNOW 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。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 , c+ h+ {" W g
for guano, though today there are no people and it is among the world’s most pristine tropical islands. This image was taken by astronauts
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