Queste sono le immagini incredibili dell'esplosione, ripreso dallo spazio, del vulcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai. Un'enorme quantita di energia è stata rilasciata dall'eruzione che ha generato uno tsunami che ha colpito la costa orientale dell'Australia e molti altri Paesi dell'Oceano Pacifico. | Fanpage.it

High-resolution Himawari satellite imagery of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption in Tonga. NIWA said its climate stations recorded a brief spike in air pressure as the atmospheric shock wave pulsed across New Zealand. Source: NIWA | Chris Lynch

NASA has followed the Pacific Islands evolution for years. Then Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted. 🌋 “It gave us a window into a rapid-paced life history of an island that we can compare to hundreds of other islands in the oceans over time,” said Jim Garvin, Chief Scientist at NASA Goddard. Through the eyes of NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and ESA - European Space Agency satellites, scientists are able to study the life cycle of volcanic islands – from formation to erupti