New island born in the Red Sea at the Zubair archipelago (Jemen)
Wednesday Dec 28, 2011 20:19 PM | 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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- Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea (NASA Earth Observatory)
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