This Japanese Island Has Grown 11 Times Bigger In Just 15 Months Thanks To Volcanic Eruptions

A tiny volcanic island off a seashore of Japan is carrying a vital expansion spurt.

In only 15 months, Nishinoshima island, that is roughly 620 miles south of Tokyogrown to 11 times a prior size

The fast expansion began in Nov of 2013, when a new island named Niijima emerged nearby Nishinoshimawhich some people suspicion looked like Snoopy

The Japanese Coast Guard reports that a undersea volcano stays really active. On a new aerial consult of a island, a Coast Guard celebrated a 1,200-meter plume of fume stemming from a tear as good as volcanic stone rising from a volcano several times per minute.

Footage shot by a Coast Guard, above, shows molten stone spewing from a volcano

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Until 2013, a undersea volcano had not seen any activity given one vital tear from 1973 to 1974, that combined some-more land to a already existent Nishinoshima. Prior to that, there were no eruptions on record

As of Feb 23, Nishinoshima had grown to 2.45 block kilometers

Grow on, baby island. We trust in you!

Article source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/nishinoshima-island-japan-growth_n_6754420.html?utm_hp_ref=hawaii&ir=Hawaii