Thursday, February 03, 2022

Tonga Eruption from 73 km Away

Here's video from someone who was only 73 km away from the Jan 15th Tonga eruption.

Actually it's isn't as hair-raising as I might have expected. I mean, you can hear some bits of ash falling against the windows, but not really see any, and see some pressure waves in the atmosphere, but it doesn't look all that devastating.

It's surprising because it looks like, from the following point-of-view, the eruption quickly covered the 73-km mark and further:

https://youtube.com/shorts/zccfDSvaJrY?feature=share

(Sorry, this is a YouTube Short, YouTube's answer to TikTok, and I don't see how to embed it.)

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