📢PUBLIC NOTICE📢 📍Update on Volcanic Activity: Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, Tofua & Home Reef 🌎The Ministry of Lands, Survey, Planning and Natural Resources wishes to inform the public that a joint scientific voyage was carried out to assess the current activity of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, Tofua, and Home Reef volcanoes. This work was completed in collaboration with scientists from the University of Otago and the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and supported by the Tonga Royal Navy.

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Large volcanic eruption near Tonga (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano) today as seen from outer space. Shown on visible imagery using the Himawari satellite. Look at the shockwave! | Tornado Alley Weather Center

The major eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 15th was visible from space as seen in this imagery from NOAA geostationary satellites. This view shows the Earth in true color during the day and in infrared during the night with nighttime lights shown. The plume from the volcano is easy to spot in this zoomed in view over Tonga. You can read more about the dataset here: https://sos.noaa.gov/catalog/datasets/earth-in-true-color-goes-16-and-17-real-time/ | NOAA Science On a