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The ferocious 2021 explosion blew out 2.3 cubic miles of rock, unleashing a 35-mile-high plume and a global tsunami that sent scientists racing to understand the blast. Now they're finally putting together the pieces.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai blast was equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, scientists reveal
In January, an underwater volcano in the South Pacific called Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai erupted, sending a massive ash plume up into the sky where it reached 187,000 feet. The result was a [...]
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An undersea volcanic eruption that produced the tallest plume ever recorded was measured using the centuries-old stereo photography technique.