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New island in the Red Sea stopped eruptingWednesday Jan 18, 2012 01:01 AM | Age: 130 days
BY: T  The new island seen on January 15, 2012 (NASA Earth Obbservatory)  Comparison of NASA images of the same island at different stages The island, whose name yet needs to be published, belongs to Yemen. If it consists of sufficiently large quantities of hard lava flows instead of loose ash and scoria, it will probably resist wave eruption long enough to become a permanent feature in the archipelago, but it will certainly take some time before it can possibly be inhabited (if anyone wants to live there anyway...).
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Jebel Zubair volcano (Red Sea, Jemen): satellite image shows growth of new islandWednesday Jan 11, 2012 12:54 PM | Age: 137 days
BY: T  The new island in the Red Sea on 7 Jan 2012 (NASA Earth Observatory) This new satellite image, acquired January 7, 2012, suggests that the eruption has risen nearly completely above water. A plume of steam, other volcanic gases, and ash spews from a distinct cone. The land surrounding the vent has grown, and is now about 530 by 710 meters (1,700 by 2,300 feet) across. Once above water, past eruptions in the Zubair Islands were primarily effusive, with relatively runny lava forming thin lava flows. In contrast to the fragmented rock that forms when lava interacts directly with water, lava that solidifies on land is tough, so this new island is likely to be permanent. Compare this to the satellite picture of the same area from 23 December to see the growth of the island (below).
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BY: TP  Surtseyan eruption at the newly formed island in the Red Sea
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New island born in the Red Sea at the Zubair archipelago (Jemen)Wednesday Dec 28, 2011 21:19 PM | Age: 150 days
BY: T  The new island in the Red Sea seen on 23 Dec 2011 (NASA Earth Observatory)  The same area with no island before A large steam plume, generated by evaporating sea water at the entry of lava flows into the sea is seen on the satellite image, drifting north. The island has apparently passed through an explosive Surtseyan phase very quickly, probably because the erupting basalt lava was poor in gas and because the output rate was high, so that the vent could be sealed from water access in short time.
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