Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space

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" L/ m1 _- Q9 F. IIslands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island 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 L6 z- Q/ i7 r$ g* Q/ ?6 j( v
from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above can be inspiring as well.
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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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Atafu Atoll, Tokelau, Pacific Ocean公仔箱論壇! K' @4 v# ?; T# U; R9 |
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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 4 J; J; L. `% d: N+ i
miles wide and is the smallest of three atolls in the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand territory.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。. s9 x7 Y2 I3 v0 z1 n# }1 X
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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 , X  F/ y5 \" e( r4 ~1 w% [9 @
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0 r& _* [# D" ]7 h6 `
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Onekotan Island, Russiatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% j) K6 T7 [: N8 F5 y9 s

- u6 J; P( h& [: r公仔箱論壇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 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。) M# C- H! o2 N9 ^7 ^
a caldera that subsequently filled with water. The island inside the caldera is known as Krenitzyn Peak, which is the highest point on the
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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 公仔箱論壇2 _# F) V6 T7 q% j" E
caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Subduction can also generate some of the largest earthquakes
on Earth, including a magnitude 9 here in 1952 which was followed a week later by Krenitzyn’s only historical eruption. This image was
captured by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on June 10, 2009.
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' Y* O( c) Q2 b4 hGalapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean5 j: N; v; E2 F5 d" w; z* A& d7 ?

- I, u3 p$ Y; r! |tvboxnow.comThe Galapagos Islands are the tops of volcanoes on the sea floor off the coast of South America along the equator. The volcanic activity - R1 V4 I  q* U) _1 b) J9 @/ h
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, 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。' Q' f: ~+ e6 e8 t
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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 c2 L9 u! d$ ^7 w
7 satellite in 2001.
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Maldives, Indian Ocean
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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,
4 B+ Q4 H* k5 q. Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbthe average elevation of which is a little more than 3 feet. It is probably the lowest country in the world.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* ]9 A! n* W- s* C, I7 X
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This image of the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls was taken in 2002 by the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
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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
  J" O; }1 D- I2 Vyounger sedimentary rocks. This image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on April 30, 2009.tvboxnow.com; z( b7 D+ z" \2 ^3 K7 d* G! a3 R
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; a! A4 j; t! `/ ~# w  pEleuthera Island, Bahamastvboxnow.com6 x0 e8 K6 m4 f# K5 a
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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
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* B' X6 t3 }1 M$ u5 y: k/ O0 yThis 2002 image was captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Located in the middle of the Bahamas, Eleuthra Island
is 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
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  ~5 b! I. l: Y1 w* B3 bin April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% V/ g) H1 \6 h! Y& e) z0 Q  S

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4 P3 n6 T0 G( b; u3 Itvboxnow.comLesser 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
5 u3 a6 a8 z1 G4 Xthe 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- K  W* ?; ]% v: V0 @
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公仔箱論壇) |8 M) p2 f) D

0 i% x( ~: b- D公仔箱論壇The Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it
( @2 B. y7 r. R% N7 Lformed 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
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: X$ o7 w0 `: e8 j8 IToday, 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/ G4 Q) V8 s, P% _7 U5 C
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) r! j1 s$ H* Z; j; s2 h
MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean# Z& x: S" `% ^2 U0 ~# n

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  |# q+ Q: e! j+ ]; Z0 T
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 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。* m5 k# c- f/ v8 `
the 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
( E1 z; A9 Z, Y! q  wtvboxnow.comrest of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured
8 J: [8 e  b1 P0 d9 B+ M. Qby the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
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Alejandro Selkirk Island, South Pacific Oceantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 m  H! ~7 q9 i9 U  x
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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
to 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
" U, c, F8 |/ u/ k( Vpattern 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 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。/ U- l) O# x' v2 w8 P7 x2 w9 u; u
by the Landsat 7 satellite in 1999.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 r* Y$ Q7 K/ a9 a
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Millennium Island, Republic of Kiribati, South Pacific Oceantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 y; h3 f  f) R' q

9 P5 d: j2 Z/ ^7 P8 eAlso known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a 公仔箱論壇! r% N% V! w$ q% K+ M
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 6 W4 ?/ @# h# S7 n7 D
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 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 a) I1 T6 C/ Q3 Y, z
aboard the International Space Station on July 1, 2009.