Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space

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# s- k0 F  G0 y- _% k公仔箱論壇Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island
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8 L5 _2 [5 \) @; r, ~3 M0 C5.39.217.76We’ve collected images taken by astronauts and satellites from space of some of the most interesting islands on the planet.
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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 公仔箱論壇0 w; V$ f" b7 N1 }" `$ f
miles wide and is the smallest of three atolls in the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand territory.
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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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 i; t. H0 _0 c( l: h
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( n+ G3 E: T" z& H$ d5 h3 |
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Onekotan Island, Russia
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An 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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Onekotan is in Russia’s Kuril Islands between Japan and the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The islands were formed by volcanic activity 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 o/ D5 |: m3 k$ ?' ~+ K7 [
caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Subduction can also generate some of the largest earthquakes 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 o6 {; {$ y2 t! ^7 h# w, C- y7 I  ~
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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The Galapagos Islands are the tops of volcanoes on the sea floor off the coast of South America along the equator. The volcanic activity 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。! E% l" e3 c  \
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.
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The largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes,
% k% D( K+ s+ p, V# cTVBNOW 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。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 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。. `5 ~+ y* c) t) k; Q" Z
7 satellite in 2001.5.39.217.768 ^) B# i7 V9 r* |
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Maldives, Indian Ocean9 N) c; C% {2 r2 J5 m: h# M6 S
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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,
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2 x* Q/ c9 \; m7 v" E5.39.217.76This image of the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls was taken in 2002 by the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 |# T) J1 ~' v5 u

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, o" V+ p, g* l- G" Y公仔箱論壇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 5.39.217.766 _$ [( M9 Z0 U, L
younger 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。* E* x0 M! B5 ^, Y4 C

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Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
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  q' Y# L5 e1 J. a: rThe spectacular underwater formations to the west of Eleuthera Island are made of calcium carbonate sand that has been eroded off : P5 x/ W' i* L6 D. w' b- \( o4 K
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
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Augustine Volcano, Alaska5.39.217.76+ W4 M9 ~+ \( `3 _

: O4 ~) R/ t8 s: [! U8 P6 rThe most active volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian arc, Augustine Volcano’s biggest historical eruption occurred in 1883. It has been erupting for
# Z- ]7 e8 {) ^2 W" P+ n公仔箱論壇40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite
- ^7 y. [: Q, @9 q5 n- J+ T0 _: Hin April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.公仔箱論壇& L" x- c7 v7 r, R* ]% ^
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Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
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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
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of two tectonic plates. This image was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite in 2000.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。1 x+ K4 Y0 W- \( U$ x( t1 l2 i! _
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Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean- E" ]0 K7 ?0 n& J5 O' Q

$ F# e7 |  i" G# P/ h& X1 Y! m& CThe Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it
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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
8 a, d) y8 l; F5 i: w/ |" H! U" e2 Yof 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$ D* K: x& \: |% i9 Q( Z" S3 P: A
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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by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.5.39.217.768 }3 F" z, r8 z1 A1 f' [7 C" s
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Alejandro Selkirk Island, South Pacific Oceantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& j  Z" H5 m' L0 @) u( _. W

( {7 ^1 C* A! C: {5 C5 I5.39.217.76This 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 d9 n; v0 Y, hto 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
& h# S! B/ Z. c& }tvb 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
. a2 `1 n4 v6 `; V$ Tby the Landsat 7 satellite in 1999.
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7 `" U8 `: j% F5 O+ R& @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMillennium 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
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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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