[Rockhounds] ‘Baby’ island appears in Pacific Ocean after underwater volcano erupts

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby – a baby island,
that is.

The new baby island emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean, where
underwater volcanoes are plentiful. One of these submerged volcanoes awoke
on September 10, spewing lava, steam, and ash, according to a statement
from the NASA Earth Observatory.
<https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150368/home-reef-erupts>

Just eleven hours after the volcano began to erupt, a new island had
emerged above the water’s surface, says NASA, which captured images of the
nascent island with satellites.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/world/baby-island-pacific-ocean-scn-trnd/index.html