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The GOES-17 satellite captured images of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. Crescent-shaped bow shock waves and numerous lighting strikes are also visible.

Record-shattering Tonga volcanic eruption sent atmospheric waves zipping around the Earth

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The eruption triggered huge atmospheric waves called Lamb waves.

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Volcano erupting

Volcano facts and types of volcanoes

By Mary Bagley, Jonathan Gordon published

Reference A volcano is an opening in Earth's crust where magma breaks through and when erupting can rain down molten rock, ash and gases. There are several types of volcanoes.

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video clip shows the height of the volcanic plume generated by an underwater volcano called Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai

Tonga underwater volcano eruption shattered two records

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The eruption triggered nearly 590,000 lightning strikes.

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Satellites saw the Tonga eruption column rise halfway to space on Jan. 15.

Tonga eruption equivalent to 'hundreds of Hiroshima bombs,' NASA says

By Brandon Specktor published

The violent eruption of an underwater volcano near the Kingdom of Tonga on Jan 15 was more powerful than 100 Hiroshima atomic bombs, NASA researchers estimate.

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The remnants of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai island in Polynesia that was blasted apart by a powerful volcanic eruption on Jan. 15.

Ash from Tonga volcano eruption reaches record altitude but climate cooling unlikely

By Tereza Pultarova published

The volcanic eruption that destroyed a Polynesian island on Saturday injected ash into record altitude but won't cause any disruption to Earth's climate, experts said.

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Nomuka island is covered in ash in this aerial photo taken after a massive volcanic eruption.

Dramatic photos show horrific aftermath of massive Tonga eruption and tsunami

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

New aerial photos show a blanket of dust and ash covering the Pacific nation of Tonga following a massive underwater volcanic eruption.

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NOAA's GOES West satellite captured this stunning view of an explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, on Jan. 15, 2022.

Huge Tonga underwater volcano eruption captured in stunning satellite video

By Tariq Malik published

A powerful underwater volcano eruption in Tonga on Saturday (Jan. 15) was captured as it happened in stunning satellite images.

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Mount Etna erupts in February, 2021.

10 times volcanoes blew our minds in 2021

By Harry Baker published

Here are the 10 best volcano stories published in 2021.

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The volcano is just over a week away from breaking its all-time record for longest duration erupting.

Politician suggests bombing erupting La Palma volcano to stop lava flow

By Ben Turner published

Aside from lava flows, the volcano has been belching out high-speed molten boulders and causing tremors.

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Digital rendition showing the topography and plume of the newborn volcano near Mayotte.

World's biggest underwater eruption birthed skyscraper-size volcano

By Laura Geggel published

Thousands of earthquakes tipped off geologists that there might be a new submarine volcano.

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