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A Newborn Volcanic Island in the Red Sea

A volcanic eruption in the Red Sea appears to have stopped, leaving behind a newborn island.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Newborn Volcanic Island in the Red Sea.

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

Published January 16, 2012
Data acquired January 15, 2012

Source:: EO-1 > ALI