The violent eruption a few hours ago of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano captured by satellites GOES-West and Himawari-8. pic.twitter.com/PzV5v9apF6
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) January 15, 2022
Here it is in VHD:
According to some reports, the explosion was so loud that it could be heard in Alaska!
Here is a satellite photo that shows the size of the initial cloud compared to the size of Australia (click to enlarge)
The Tonga Online website has some pics from surface level.
The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) has a great time-lapse of weather stations recording the propagation of the wave northeast across the United States. Traveling at the speed of sound, the wave took about 4 hours to travel from California to Maine. The data shows a DECREASE in average air pressure left in the wake of the blast wave.
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/onsite/features/cat.php?day=2022-01-16
My meteorologist friends here in Northern Utah said they could see the dip in barometric pressure caused by the pulse from the eruption
I saw a satellite photo of this on Fark that includes Australia in the picture. This thing is BIG. Not as big as Australia, but at least as big as some New England states.
Any odds on when the GOP will blame Biden for it, or am I already too late?
Photo added
Tonga is no more, With an Explosion that large, there are no survivors. the Pressure blast along with the heat, steam, projectiles, means there is little life remaining.
Apparently, that’s not how this works.