article_snippet.sent: Residents on the east coast of Japan's Hokkaido Island had an unexpected change of scenery this morning after 1,000ft of seabed was forced to the surface overnight.
article_snippet.sent: The extra stretch of coastline on Shiretoko Peninsula near the town of Rausu has risen as high as 50ft from the sea surface in some places, exposing what used to be the ocean floor.
article_snippet.sent: A man stands on a clump of land that emerged overnight along the coastline of Shiretoko Peninsula near Rausu, on Hokkaido Island, Japan . '
article_snippet.sent: New view: Local residents from Rausu, Hokkaido, take a look at the newly emerged coastline .
article_snippet.sent: Under the sea: Marine organisms such as seaweed and sea urchins are still attached to the land mass .