Watch the captivating birth of another island in Tonga.

In December 2014, a submerged spring of gushing lava ejected in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga, prompting the formation of another island. called Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai — and the entire thing's been gotten on camera.

The new island was just anticipated to last just couple of months, as it dissolved rapidly after its development. That disintegration started to die down in just half year, and now NASA figures the island will have a 6-to 30-year life expectancy.