South of Japan, a new island is currently in the process of forming a very familiar character.
Roughly 177 miles from the Japanese mainland lie the Bonin Islands. There, at this very moment, an active volcano is in the process of rather violently creating a new island.
Originating very close to Nishi-no-shima (西之島, Western Island), since last month the new land has steadily grown and is now beginning to overlap with Nishi-no-shima, merging the two.
Upon seeing aerial images of the newly linked island, some net users noted a similarity with America’s favourite beagel*.
Twitter user @tekken8810 posted a comparison image, calling it “a complete match,” and once you see it, yeah, it’s kind of hard to unsee.
完全に一致 小笠原の新島、隣の西之島とつながった 上空から確認 – 朝日新聞デジタル (http://t.co/VrLcRhYhoH) http://t.co/SnjvuNNDYY pic.twitter.com/EGFJbOGFyT
— てっけん / Hayato Ikeya (@tekken8810) December 26, 2013
The internet was quick to agree:
“It really does [look like Snoopy.]”
“This makes me a little happy.”
“I think we should rename it, ‘Snoopy Island.’”
“Wow! I’m amazed you found it!”
“Now that the islands have joined, let’s call it Peanuts Island.”
The volcano is still quite active, so the island probably won’t remain in its cute beagle shape for long.
*Yes, I misspelled it on purpose. Go watch A Boy Named Charlie Brown.
Comments
8 responses to “Japan’s Newest Island Looks Like Snoopy”
How long until China claims this one?
Don’t be silly, there is no how long when they have already built iphone case stores all over it.
They’ll just make their own rip-off Snoopy island without the official licence.
Snooky island if you will
please god no more!
That was the best image of Snoopy they could come up with?
Is that grass on it already?
I think the grass bit was the north island it joined to