Tonga Eruption Sparks Highest Lightning, Shatters Meteorological Records
The 2022 South Pacific eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano made history as one of the fiercest on record, sparking the strongest lightning ever witnessed.
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The 2022 South Pacific eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano made history as one of the fiercest on record, sparking the strongest lightning ever witnessed.
The plume generated during the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Tonga created the perfect conditions for a "supercharged" lightning storm.
A cellphone and doorbell camera in Texas recorded a meteor and subsequent 'loud noise' that caused birds to fly away, in fear, like any sensible survivalist.
A cellphone and doorbell camera in Texas recorded a meteor and subsequent 'loud noise' that caused birds to fly away, in fear, like any sensible survivalist.
Radar and other data indicated that the meteoroid broke apart in the atmosphere, and some fragments reached the ground.