The miracle outcrop known as Hunga Tonga has only existed for four years, yet is populated by hundreds of seabirds and flowering plants whose seeds were dropped there in bird droppings.
Hunga Tonga emerged from a hidden underwater volcano lodged between two existing islands of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific.
It still has no official name, but locals have branded it Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, or "Hunga Tonga" for short.
The island is only the third volcanic pop-up like this to have arisen in the last 150 years, and NASA has been attempting to uncover its mysteries since it arose from the sea in 2015.
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