{{In November 2013, a baby volcanic island rose from the sea out of a volcanic blast in the Bonin Islands about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of Tokyo, on the western edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a hotbed of seismic activity.}} <\/p>\n
Named Niijima, the newcomer boiled the sea and spewed steam, ash and lava fragments into the air.<\/p>\n
Some thought the small black cone \u2014 which sprouted just offshore of a larger volcanic island called Nishino-shima \u2014 might slip back into the sea, vanishing under pounding waves. But Niijima kept growing.<\/p>\n
Now a satellite image taken March 30, 2014, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 shows that Niijima has actually overtaken Nishino-shima.<\/p>\n
Together, the conjoined islands measure about 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) across, officials with NASA’s Earth Observatory said. <\/p>\n
The landmass has also tripled in height since December, now rising more than 196 feet (60 m) above sea level.<\/p>\n
The smashed-together islands mark the top of a giant submarine volcano that had not erupted since a major outpouring in 1973 to 1974, according to the Japanese Coast Guard. <\/p>\n
Lava flows are now most active in the southern portion of the new landmass, and plumes of ash continue to rise, with tiny particles seeding a stream of white cloud puffs overhead. <\/p>\n
“The intermittent, pulsing shape of the cloud stream might be a reflection of the volcanic eruption itself,” officials with NASA’s Earth Observatory wrote. <\/p>\n
“Strombolian explosions are essentially bubbles of lava and gas rising from Earth’s interior in pulses. Underwater, sediment appears to be stirred up in a green plume that stretches eastward from the island.”<\/p>\n
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