Nishinoshima, a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, is fully into its growing years on the Ring of Fire

The Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean is home to a previously submarine volcano which has accumulated lava flows to the point of breaking the surface as of 2013. 2020 has been a particularly active year for this young island.

What makes it apparent that this is an image of an erupting volcano are the elements present in the image. There's a brown plume radiating north-ward and fades away towards the end. There's a shadow of this plume along its right side. And it's originating from a relatively small speck on the image, in the middle of the ocean. The non-human-made appearance coupled with the global location of the image, along the infamous Ring of Fire, tell us that it's an active volcanic island. For seven years now people have been monitoring this location of the world from above and caught the volcano erupting several times. Given that it's 600 miles from Tokyo, Japan, it's relevant because of the environmental as well as public safety affects. It is also a mere 80 miles from the nearest inhabited island, making it an even more important situation to monitor in coming years. 

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