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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai Erupts

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Satellite animation showing a volcanic eruption in the ocean, with a cloud of ash among the atmospheric clouds.
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The January 15, 2022 satellite view of the small, uninhabited South Pacific island known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai, from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17). This looping video shows the intense series of eruptions that generated atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves.

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