nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) although we often associate it with space-related news, the ” in the name of the organizationaviation’ Sometimes we forget that part. The organization actually has a lot of work on Earth and in space.

In fact, with one of these studies, discovered a newborn island. Let’s take a look at how this island discovered in the Pacific Ocean came to be and what the details of the event are.

New island discovered in the Pacific created as a result of volcanic eruptions in Tonga

(The black dots you see in the photo are the island itself.)

A new island was born by the eruption of the Home Reef volcano in the Tonga Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean. According to NASA, the eruption of lava and ash began on September 2. 11 hours later this island became visible to the naked eye.

Tonga Geological Services is located approximately above sea level on the island. 10 meters high and 4,000 m² wide states that it is. The width of the island 6 days after the event took place 24,000 m² size reached.

However, according to NASA’s statement, the island is it will not be long. Since much of the island was formed by volcanic reactions, the island will soon disappear due to both erosion and environmental factors. What do you think? Please don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.