Author: Sarah Laskow / Source: Atlas Obscura
Last week, a small new island was born. It fit the major criteria—surrounded by water and smaller than a continent. The island emerged just a few yards off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, formed by the lava that’s been pouring from Kīlauea since May.
Just a few days later, the small island had transformed. By Monday, July 16, according to the USGS, it had become
The island formed near the northern end of the area where lava from a productive fissure has been flowing into the ocean. USGS observers first reported the island’s existence on Friday, when they described it as “a small island…just offshore the northern edge that continues to ooze lava.” At the coast, the…
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