Satellite images from NASA show the new island growing rapidly as smoke and ash billow from volcanic activity under the sea's surface.
A new baby island is forming in the Pacific Ocean around the Central Tonga islands, NASA satellite images show.Images from NASA showed the tiny island grow from about an acre in size by mid-September to more than eight acres just days later.NASA said the volcano began erupting around Sept. 10 and is situated on what is called the Home Reef seamount, according to the space agency's Earth Observatory.Nearby, the Late'iki Volcano created an island in 1995 that lasted for 25 years.
Home Reef is part of the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone. The area has three tectonic plates that smash into one another, creating active undersea volcanoes.
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