New island in Pacific spotted by satellite

New volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean

Remember the floating mass of pumice spotted in the Pacific Ocean by a New Zealand Navy ship, the one that was presumed to be the sign of a new volcanic island? Well now a volcanologist and a NASA scientist have pinpointed its whereabouts by studying over a months worth of satellite imagery from the MODIS sensor. 

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