Nishinoshima - a rapidly growing volcanic island
Jul 7, 2020 12:03:53 GMT
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Post by syzygy on Jul 7, 2020 12:03:53 GMT
Nishinoshima Belches Ash and Lava (July 6, 2020)
A young volcanic island has been growing in the western Pacific Ocean since 2013. Since mid-June 2020, it has been going through a vigorous growth spurt.
The images on this page show some of the latest eruptive activity at Nishinoshima, a volcanic island about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) south of Tokyo, Japan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired the natural-color image above on July 6, 2020, when the volcanic plume stretched hundreds of kilometers to the north and rose several thousand meters into the sky.
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more from source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Two random kmz overlays of the 2015-16 stage attached (sources given in overlay descriptions)
Nishioshima.kmz (1016 B)
Comparing scales on overlays and GE scale it turns out, that GE imagery is a bit off-scale at the location. By positioning overlays I have tried to fit them to that small piece of original land on the west side of the island.
...The 2013-2015 eruption has almost completely covered the original island in lava. Only a small part on the western side remains unburied. / commons.wikimedia
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Related from board:
Aogashima - inhabited volcano island, Japan - (from the same volcanic chain)
