Ranongga island in the South Pacific Ocean was raised ten feet higher after it was hit by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. National Geographic has some photos by William West and a short article about it.
The uplift has left some of the island’s pristine coral reefs fatally exposed.In some places the beaches in the Solomons now resemble a barren moonscape with once vibrant corals bleaching under the sun.
On one beach the quake even revealed a sunken vessel that locals believe is a Japanese patrol boat from World War II.
