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New Volcanic Island in the Red Sea

A new island is forming in the Red Sea. Satellite imagery indicates an ongoing eruption in the Zubair Group of the coast of Yemen is largely above water.


NASA image by Robert Simmon, using ALI data from the EO-1 Team. Caption by Robert Simmon.

Published January 9, 2012
Data acquired January 7, 2012

Source:
EO-1 > ALI