
In December, 2011, NASA Terra spacecraft captured this image of a new volcanic island forming in the Red Sea. This region is part of the Red Sea Rift where the African and Arabian tectonic plates are pulling apart.
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NASA ID
PIA13954
Date Created
January 20, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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