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Baclava

(12,047 posts)
Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:41 AM Dec 2011

New island appears off Yemen after volcanic eruption

It's all cracking open!


A new island has appeared off the west coast of Yemen following a volcanic eruption, Nasa has announced.

The US space agency's Earth Observatory posted satellite photos showing a plume of white smoke rising from the ocean near the Zubair group of islands in the Red Sea on Dec 23.

"The image from December 2011 shows an apparent island where there had previously been an unbroken water surface," the observatory said in a statement.




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/8984897/New-island-appears-off-Yemen-after-volcanic-eruption.html

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New island appears off Yemen after volcanic eruption (Original Post) Baclava Dec 2011 OP
I suppose we need to build a military base there now CanonRay Dec 2011 #1
It's just a damn cool planet we're sitting on. Robb Dec 2011 #2

CanonRay

(14,101 posts)
1. I suppose we need to build a military base there now
Fri Dec 30, 2011, 01:44 PM
Dec 2011

Looks like a good drone launching site.


Sarcasm thingy

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