New volcanic island keeps getting bigger [View all]

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TOKYO —

Famously crowded Japan is getting a bit more space as a newly-formed volcanic island just keeps on growing.

New footage of the remote Nishinoshima, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, shows a volcano erupting up to six times a minute, spewing huge volumes of magma—and scientists say there is plenty more still to come.

A tiny islet emerged in November 2013 right next to the original Nishinoshima, when molten rock cooled and began to poke its head just above the water.

That speck of land grew as the volcano kept going, and soon engulfed its once larger neighbor.

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