Record-smashing Tonga volcano sheds new light on how underwater volcanoes blow

Muzammil Hussain January 27, 2024

A satellite view directly overhead of the Tonga volcano shows a huge greyish mushroom cloud in a background of ash.

Fresh volatile-rich magma triggered a chain reaction of explosions that led to the loudest, highest and most destructive underwater volcano ever recorded

Fresh volatile-rich magma triggered a chain reaction of explosions that led to the loudest, highest and most destructive underwater volcano ever recorded A satellite view directly overhead of the Tonga volcano shows a huge greyish mushroom cloud in a background of ash.

Fresh volatile-rich magma triggered a chain reaction of explosions that led to the loudest, highest and most destructive underwater volcano ever recorded

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