Brand new volcanic island seen growing from space
A whole new island pushed to the ocean surface off the coast of Japan has been growing since its birth. The tiny island—named Niijima, or "new island" in Japanese, popped up just off the southern shores of Iwo Jima in late October, and can be seen in NASA images to have gained in size in the weeks…
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