Drifted pumice in southern Japan

Drifted pumice in southern Japan

KUNIGAMI, Japan, July 30 Kyodo - Photo taken from a drone shows a massive amount of pumice stones seen to have drifted toward the shore of a fishing port in the village of Kunigami in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 29, 2021, following a submarine volcano eruption off the Ogasawara islands in August. (Kyodo)

ZTF comet

ZTF comet

Composite photo taken on Jan. 31, 2023, shows comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) seen in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Kunigami, southern Japan. The comet, discovered in 2022, will come closest to Earth in the small hours of Feb. 2.

ZTF comet

ZTF comet

Composite photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) seen in the Okinawa Prefecture village of Kunigami, southern Japan. The comet, discovered in 2022, will come closest to Earth in the small hours of Feb. 2.

Subtropical forest in southern Japan

Subtropical forest in southern Japan

KUNIGAMI, Japan, May 23 Kyodo - Photo taken April 23, 2018, shows an area of forest named Yambaru in the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture's main island, southern Japan.

Population of Okinawa Rail recovering

Population of Okinawa Rail recovering

KUNIGAMI, Japan - Experts discuss a 10-year plan to preserve the Okinawa Rail, a flightless bird native to northern Okinawa Island and known locally as the Yambaru Kuina, at a meeting in December 2013 in Kunigami, Okinawa Prefecture.

Population of Okinawa Rail recovering

Population of Okinawa Rail recovering

KUNIGAMI, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows one of the artificially incubated Okinawa Rail birds displayed at an exhibition facility in Kunigami, Okinawa Prefecture.