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Underwater Eruption Near Tongatapu

Satellites detected an eruption from a seamount near Tonga’s largest island.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Murray Ford (University of Auckland), Martin Jutzeler (University of Tasmania), and Bradley Scott (GNS Sciences).

Published February 2, 2017
Data acquired January 27, 2017

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI