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After 16 years of profound sleep, a submerged volcano on the seamount known as the Home Reef in the center of the Tonga Islands has awakened and poked its head out of the water.
The growing land mass is larger than 8 acres and visible from space
A submerged volcano on the seamount known as the Home Reef in the central Tonga Islands has awoken after 16 years of deep sleep to poke its head out of the blue.
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NASA Earth Observatory captured the image of the island with the help of Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 on Sept 14.
The eruption of the Home Reef seamount volcano, located in the Central Tonga Islands ejected ejected plumes of steam and ash.