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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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6 t2 B$ A8 ?0 x2 n# _9 \We’ve collected images taken by astronauts and satellites from space of some of the most interesting islands on the planet.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 N% ^5 m# i" ^! A: P. w& _% \
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Atafu Atoll, Tokelau, Pacific Ocean
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+ R: a: `, }; _# ]" ^4 nAround 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
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2 f0 W6 @: C/ k8 @1 u* q& I0 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOnekotan 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 z1 t  C6 L0 C! K3 u; i% G8 Q
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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; I6 l7 C& V+ i& {6 etvboxnow.comOnekotan 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0 B  k" ^  R  g
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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5 X, W, L2 x/ {0 E" H  p$ d公仔箱論壇Galapagos Islands, Pacific Oceantvboxnow.com" B4 a- C( Q3 [
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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
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3 X( I) X- `/ {公仔箱論壇The largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes,   J5 A9 D" p/ W% r4 L1 P2 i# U
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。( @! h7 k  ?% T' C* v
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- D- Q4 W- F5 nMaldives, Indian Oceantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; \3 v2 E8 r* E' ~+ K# Q: h
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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,
1 S1 y" m0 m' z0 \* uthe average elevation of which is a little more than 3 feet. It is probably the lowest country in the world.
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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.tvboxnow.com1 x0 ?" ^7 G5 ]- C7 b0 `& x
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Henrietta Island, East Siberian Sea
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( V/ n2 g. V5 z8 a+ m/ n/ `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis 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 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ ]/ J! e0 q$ o6 E# g4 m7 R
younger sedimentary rocks. This image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on April 30, 2009.; L+ D5 I* l' h  ^' Q; n, j3 }
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Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
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5 G, B6 T. X4 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe spectacular underwater formations to the west of Eleuthera Island are made of calcium carbonate sand that has been eroded off
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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公仔箱論壇7 S+ B7 L- S9 U
is 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.
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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 2 i! T+ A, r* z1 D
40,000 years. This image, captured by The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA ’s Terra satellite
8 O' n, K9 G* |9 f- f公仔箱論壇in April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.tvboxnow.com0 l0 K+ s7 W) p$ b4 o' ?  A
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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.
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$ G# L+ x# x4 j( B) ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it
* I/ Q- X8 J3 H4 _: Eformed 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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- S: W+ A; f$ ~3 j  i1 C* ?. vToday, the hotspot is causing active volcanism on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea Volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. The rest
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MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean. o# ?- x- L  f4 B) F: Y! d6 p) b
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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, tvboxnow.com2 V" q$ [0 L1 P- r
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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! y- }1 y9 O8 O3 R( H# QAlejandro Selkirk Island, South Pacific Ocean
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! R/ @+ |* N. b1 K7 n3 ^9 {$ u1 {' Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis 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
" F, i( {5 k4 T% r9 ~( oto 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
( W4 y' Y! s5 l) ^% 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。pattern 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
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# t8 R' P$ A$ D9 V% qAlso known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a
9 y6 h8 z: J8 [& l1 r公仔箱論壇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
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aboard the International Space Station on July 1, 2009.