000 Olympic swimming pools of water into the atmosphere

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Tonga’s capital, it created a tsunami and sonic boom that swept across the globe, twice . The eruption sent a tall plume of water vapor into the stratosphere, which is between 8 and 33 miles (12 and 53 …

Tonga eruption blasted enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic pools into the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA says Read More »