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Tonga's Incredible Underwater Volcano Eruption Seen From Space
JANUARY 15, 2022 BY NANCY ATKINSON
An undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific island of Tonga, and several satellites caught the incredible explosion in action. The blast of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano created a plume of ash, steam and gas mushrooming above the Pacific Ocean, with a quickly expanding shockwave visible from orbit. Japan’s Himawari-8 weather satellite recorded this dramatic video:
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Each frame in this video is less than 10 minutes long, so the plume expanded quickly. Some experts estimated the shockwave expanded at an amazing 800 – 950 kph (500-600 mph.)
NASA’s GOES-17 satellite also captured this view:
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More:
https://www.universetoday.com/154063/tongas-incredible-underwater-volcano-eruption-seen-from-space/
