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INSANE - The violent eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai Volcano was captured by satellite that sent shockwaves that were reported to be heard several thousand miles away - was heard in Alaska. It also has triggered a Tsunami that has resulted in Advisories along the west coast of USA!🌋 | Live Storm Chasers

High-resolution Himawari satellite imagery of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption in Tonga. NIWA said its climate stations recorded a brief spike in air pressure as the atmospheric shock wave pulsed across New Zealand. Source: NIWA | Chris Lynch

The major eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 15th was visible from space as seen in this imagery from NOAA geostationary satellites. This view shows the Earth in true color during the day and in infrared during the night with nighttime lights shown. The plume from the volcano is easy to spot in this zoomed in view over Tonga. You can read more about the dataset here: https://sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/earth-in-true-color-goes-16-and-17-real-time/ | NOAA Science On a

42K views · 640 reactions |  The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano...

61K views · 886 reactions | On Jan. 13, 2022, the Himawari-8 satellite captured an explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.  A tidal gauge in Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, measured a one-foot tsunami wave that resulted from the blast. Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and operational partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency | Science Channel | Facebook