A new volcanic island has appeared in the Red Sea almost overnight. The eruption was first reported by local fishermen in mid-December 2011, 64km off the coast of Yemen. This before and after animated GIF shows the before and after.
It was taken on January 7, 2012, by the Advanced Land Imager on the Earth Observing-1 satellite. It shows the island rising over sea’s surface and growing while a plume of steam from the water and other volcanic gases are blown by the wind.
According to NASA, the land is “now about 530 by 710 metres across”.
An evil mastermind's lair in the making... >:)
Send in Austin Powers
by the look of that smoke plume, I'd say he's already been there and foiled Dr Evil once again.
*Runs to boat*
Im off to discover new land!
Dibs!
Dibs ? Starbucks already has a franchise there...
This will raise sea levels