# Hunga Tonga-Hunga eruption from space **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857 "2022-01-15T18:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/1 "2022-01-15T18:04:24Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AMsTn8mG2a4/maxresdefault.jpg "Satellite imagery shows volcanic eruption near Tonga") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMsTn8mG2a4) Impressive, and I have to notice that some reports still say that the volcano was underwater, not since 2015, Hunga Tonga became a volcanic island since then. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hds1OBxVg4s/hqdefault.jpg "The Birth of a New Island") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hds1OBxVg4s) So I was older than a piece of land! But time will tell if the island grew or was obliterated. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/2 "2022-01-15T19:59:05Z")
I’m in touch with a girl I dated in high school who lives on a boat anchored in Vanuatu. I texted her this morning, she said things got quite exciting and she may have seen a nearby catamaran founder but wasn’t sure as it was quite dark. Her and BF were going to abandon ship for a hotel at higher ground as soon as it got light. FYI OP, you’re older than many pieces of land near Kilauea. I was there years ago and there were signs in the caldera dating each lava flow and many were younger than me. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/3 "2022-01-15T22:54:43Z")
The National Weather Service office in Honolulu has a series of photographs taken from a much lower altitude. It’s on their Twitter feed. (I don’t have a Twitter account, so I can’t post a link. So far, I haven’t seen it on any other source.) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/4 "2022-01-15T23:52:55Z")
You don’t need a twitter account to go to twitter. You can just enter “National weather service twitter” into Google, and Bob’s your uncle. > ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/5 "2022-01-16T02:05:52Z")
One would think that one was safer on a boat than on a spot that could potentially end up underwater … at least boats float. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/6 "2022-01-16T02:20:07Z")
Yeah, I’d think so but apparently the catamaran’s mooring line pulled down the boat when the wave hit and it ended up under a dock, taking water. I’m not quite picturing that but that’s what I was told. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/7 "2022-01-16T02:21:24Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Hunga Tonga-Hunga Anyone else reminded of [Bugs Bunny?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrIZpG-uQc) Or is that the point? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/8 "2022-01-16T09:41:45Z")
> **[Santa Cruz Harbor Flooded During Tsunami Advisory for Coastal California](https://news.yahoo.com/santa-cruz-harbor-flooded-during-230536844.html)** > > A tsunami advisory was issued for coastal California and nearby regions on Saturday, January 15, after an underwater volcano eruption occurred near Tonga hours prior.The National Weather Service forecast tsunami waves of one to three feet, which may... ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/9 "2022-01-16T13:33:13Z")
One does what we did - rode the tail end of the hurricane from Rochester NY to Kingston ON … you use a minimal line that will break away on the anchor, so if it gets really heavy, you get pushed away. It must not have been too rough, I slept through it. But then again, I stayed in a tent in Williamsburg VA for the 1988 hurricane that hit tidewater Virginia. Didn’t bother me much but the cat was terrified. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/10 "2022-01-16T15:08:25Z")
Trust Scott Manley to produce an excellent video promptly: [Volcanic Eruption May Be Biggest Ever Seen From Space - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoMRwyNhqJ4) I’m fascinated by the pressure waves crossing Japan & the US, as measured by weather stations. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/11 "2022-01-16T19:44:30Z")
I’m fascinated by the longer term climate effects from what has been confirmed as the largest eruption of the satellite era (last 60 years) ([cite](http://www.mikesmithenterprisesblog.com/2022/01/tonga-volcano-likely-climate-effects.html)): The global weather may be affected by this event. Volcanos can cool the world for multiple years, resulting in a “year without a summer.” I wonder if we’ll see an extended, or extra-cold winter in the northern hemisphere? Flooding events? At any rate, we might experience a break from the steady march of “warmest year” records we’ve been having lately. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/12 "2022-01-17T03:00:50Z")
When I was a kid I wanted to visit Tonga. I read about it in a 1968 issue of the National Geographic. There was an article about the coronation of their king, I was impressed by his mom, Queen Salote. She was over six feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/13 "2022-01-17T05:48:18Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > I’m fascinated by the longer term climate effects from what has been confirmed as the largest eruption of the satellite era (last 60 years) ([cite](http://www.mikesmithenterprisesblog.com/2022/01/tonga-volcano-likely-climate-effects.html)): > > The global weather may be affected by this event. Volcanos can cool the world for multiple years, resulting in a “year without a summer.” I wonder if we’ll see an extended, or extra-cold winter in the northern hemisphere? Flooding events? > > At any rate, we might experience a break from the steady march of “warmest year” records we’ve been having lately. [https://time.com/6139755/tonga-volcanic-eruption/](https://time.com/6139755/tonga-volcanic-eruption/) > [@](#): > > Scientists said they didn’t think the eruption would have a significant impact on the Earth’s climate. > > Huge volcanic eruptions can sometimes cause temporary global cooling as sulfur dioxide is pumped into the stratosphere. But in the case of the Tonga eruption, initial satellite measurements indicated the amount of sulfur dioxide released would only have a tiny effect of perhaps 0.01 Celsius (0.02 Fahrenheit) global average cooling, said Alan Robock, a professor at Rutgers University. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/14 "2022-01-17T10:51:09Z")
It was weird seeing this immediately after watching _The Eternals_. I’m just saying. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/15 "2022-01-18T01:26:22Z")
Here’s some terrestrial ffootage. Lots of muted cursing. [https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/01/15/tonga-video-captures-enormity-of-shockwave-boom-after-eruption/](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/01/15/tonga-video-captures-enormity-of-shockwave-boom-after-eruption/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/16 "2022-01-18T03:36:18Z")
That video was something! I wonder how long it was between the eruption and when they got the shockwave? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/17 "2022-01-18T03:41:24Z")
That reminded me of footage from the Chelyabinsk meteor. I remember when it first aired, and wondered how many Russian speakers had a good laugh while thinking or saying, “The TV networks have no idea what those people just said!” Later, the footage was bleeped. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/18 "2022-01-18T03:42:12Z")
The shockwave probably traveled at the speed of sound, so in short, the number of miles between the eruption and the filmers, times 5. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/19 "2022-01-19T17:27:06Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When I was a kid I wanted to visit Tonga. I read about it in a 1968 issue of the National Geographic. There was an article about the coronation of their king, > > I was impressed by his mom, Queen Salote. She was over six feet tall. I had that same issue. I believe there was also a story about the Shah of Iran in it. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857/20 "2022-01-19T17:45:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When I was a kid I wanted to visit Tonga. I read about it in a 1968 issue of the National Geographic. As a teenager, I felt that Flanders & Swann made an excellent case for Tonga tourism. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunga-tonga-hunga-eruption-from-space/957857.md?page=2)