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3 O5 U5 m" l: e, u- k7 c公仔箱論壇Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island
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/ k3 C; y% z+ l2 B3 }Atafu Atoll, Tokelau, Pacific Ocean
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miles wide and is the smallest of three atolls in the Tokelau Islands, a New Zealand territory.2 X! n' M% O) D  n( q8 k
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Atafu is made up of coral reefs that surrounded the flanks of a volcano that has since become inactive and submerged. Like many tropical
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  w2 T+ o+ h, @  m# f5 X公仔箱論壇An island within an island was created after a big eruption around 9,000 years ago caused the peak of Onekotan’s volcano to collapse, forming
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+ U" O3 F+ ]3 x- h4 V# KTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Onekotan is in Russia’s Kuril Islands between Japan and the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The islands were formed by volcanic activity
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on Earth, including a magnitude 9 here in 1952 which was followed a week later by Krenitzyn’s only historical eruption. This image was
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The Galapagos Islands are the tops of volcanoes on the sea floor off the coast of South America along the equator. The volcanic activity TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# ]2 h, P5 w9 N( K( ]* b& i
that formed the islands is thought to be the result of a plume of hot mantle material rising from deep in the Earth’s interior.
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/ M! `. c$ G# P# N: Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe largest island, Isla Isabela, is made of the lava flows of six gently sloped shield volcanoes. The northernmost of Isabela’s volcanoes,
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7 ~* V% A6 t1 R+ ]4 qMaldives, Indian OceanTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' t/ ]8 Y/ U9 M# h" }8 M1 ]
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The Maldives comprise 1,192 small coral islands adding up to just 115 square miles of territory. About 330,00 people live on the islands, 公仔箱論壇4 D8 Z+ X* i7 @( u$ o# r, v
the average elevation of which is a little more than 3 feet. It is probably the lowest country in the world.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- g3 w9 q" i1 p. M( F

, ^/ F* b) P* x! M  v5 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis image of the North and South Malosmadulu Atolls was taken in 2002 by the ASTER instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
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* a6 r; Q- b3 D  R, btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHenrietta Island, East Siberian SeaTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 P2 L. x& u: @8 |

# a- A/ h" g4 o# E" V8 W/ b% RTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。This glacier-covered Russian island is just 6 miles wide. Beneath the ice, the island is made up of 500-million-year-old volcanic rocks overlain by
5 A% K5 A9 y5 Jwww1.tvboxnow.comyounger sedimentary rocks. This image was taken by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on April 30, 2009.
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Eleuthera Island, Bahamas
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  g& _" e2 G5 O# T& W0 Nwww1.tvboxnow.comThe spectacular underwater formations to the west of Eleuthera Island are made of calcium carbonate sand that has been eroded off
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This 2002 image was captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Located in the middle of the Bahamas, Eleuthra Island公仔箱論壇# O# B2 f/ Q# j" |: ^+ y
is 110 miles long, and in places just over a mile wide. Around 8,000 people live there.4 O6 Z7 y% c8 ?/ U; `6 `  Q4 e" p

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+ n  \4 Y. R% p8 {( j6 Z2 RAugustine Volcano, Alaska公仔箱論壇5 `- v0 g9 A1 Q3 F6 t3 f- W/ P
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The most active volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian arc, Augustine Volcano’s biggest historical eruption occurred in 1883. It has been erupting for
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in April 2006, shows a steam or ash plume at the tail end of several months of explosive eruptions.公仔箱論壇. y! j! s: T1 a( X  x

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, ?; o' t3 a, awww1.tvboxnow.comThe three largest islands in this image, and many smaller ones, make up Indonesia’s Komodo National Park which was established in 1980 to protect ; n8 _' j9 d9 z4 ^3 p- Z1 k
the world’s largest lizard species, Komodo dragon. The total area of the park is 230 square miles. The islands are volcanoes caused by the collision TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! Z/ g# {* i+ T  n* {! K- d/ l
of two tectonic plates. This image was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite in 2000.
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) ~3 m/ u* F; f) T5 ~8 Q9 JThe Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot, it
1 P6 ]8 f  r# `4 R; l4 {1 xformed a chain of islands that first grew larger as they actively erupted, and then slowly eroded and sank below the surface of the ocean as the
) Z# N6 |, R2 ?0 J3 H4 Fcrust beneath them cooled.
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of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured by the www1.tvboxnow.com5 N" x/ Q, L& H* v8 P3 Y# N
MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean( d$ R9 U& F  R" h; Q
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The Hawaiian Islands were formed by an upwelling plume of hot mantle material, called a hotspot. As the Pacific plate moved over the hotspot,
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# v( |0 ]% n% b$ V3 rwww1.tvboxnow.comToday, the hotspot is causing active volcanism on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea Volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983. The 公仔箱論壇7 \/ s0 K. c/ c+ X+ U+ O  @
rest of the islands, which get older from right to left, are Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. This image was captured / N+ [* s9 i1 C" e
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# ^& h: B) s0 P' M/ Twww1.tvboxnow.comAlejandro Selkirk Island, South Pacific Ocean
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, s* Y) t+ _, ~9 ?3 awww1.tvboxnow.comThis small member of the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile measures just under a mile across. But its 5,000 feet of elevation is high enough
7 {" O8 p, j5 dwww1.tvboxnow.comto reach the layer of stratocumulus clouds pictured above. The result is a type of flow known as a von Karmen vortex street. This striking, curly
( g& S7 ^' F1 Y2 w2 u2 Ipattern of eddies can also be seen in clouds, and fluids or air moving past rounded objects such as an airplane wing. This image was taken
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5 L) F- v4 b. y' N# f; zwww1.tvboxnow.comAlso known as Caroline Island, Millennium Island is made of coral reefs that grew around a volcano, which is now underwater, leaving behind a TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。/ t; k; }# t3 j, a% Z: W0 O3 @: b
central lagoon. The maximum elevation of the island is less than 20 feet above sea level. In the past, the island has been inhabited and mined
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