A volcanic eruption occurred in the island country of Tonga last week. After the explosion, tsunami warnings were issued in many countries, and 3 people died in the tsunamis. The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) photographed Hunga Ha’apai Island, where the explosion occurred, from space, revealing that most of the island had been wiped off the map.
LAST PHOTOS PUBLISHED! THE ISLAND WAS CLEARED FROM THE MAP
After the underwater volcano eruption on January 15 in the island country of Tonga in the South Pacific, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) published the last photos taken from space of the twin islands Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai, joined by the volcano where the eruption occurred. After the explosion, it turned out that most of the islands in question were flooded and wiped from the map. Roscosmos stated that the photograph was taken with the Canopus-V satellite, and drew attention to the change by marking the pre-explosion borders of the islands with a line.
On the other hand, after the eruption of the volcano in Tonga, tsunami warnings were issued in many countries, and 3 people died in the tsunamis.
SMOKE CLOUD PICK THE PATH TO SPACE
It was stated that the smoke cloud rising from the volcano reached 55 kilometers above the earth and halfway to space, based on the 100-kilometer-high karma line known as the outer space and earth boundary of the atmosphere.
Source: UAV