Aftermath of the Biggest Volcano Eruption Ever Caught on Tape from Space - Tonga

The live aftermath of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Jan 15 2022 volcano eruption.

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Image Credits: NASA/JAXA/NOAA/Kingdom of Tonga

[MarkfrmCanada]

This is becoming a trend. While not the first to report things, YouTubers are often doing much better reports than actual news media. This gave me a far better idea of what's going on than anything I saw in the news, and there are other channels out there doing similar quality work on other topics, such as Caspian Report for political matters.

[thomashan]

Thank you Alex for covering this eruption.
I’m a volcanologist and this video is one of the best presentations I’ve seen.
Even though the boring tables and numbers are left out for general public, there’s still a lot of in depth information.

[darthollie]

I always remember learning just how awful volcanic ash is to your lungs, it has a similar composition to cement in powdered form, when it's breathed in it reacts with the fluids in your lungs turning it into a version of concrete, you would drown in cement as your lungs collapse, so if you find yourself in the position of watching volcanic ash falling around you, go inside

[dasaasadaris]

I didn't realize the scale of this eruption up until now. It's a major event in human documented history

[iddet]

According to my experiendce from eruptions in my country, Iceland, the vegetation recovers incredibly fast after being covered in volcanic ash. It is actually incredible. I hope this will be the case in the Tonga islands.

[abipacific]

We heard the eruptions as loud booms. We live in Fiji 800 km away. You could feel it in the ground, the house, in the air, and through your body. It was amazing for us but sad for our Tongan neighbors.

[zizimugen]

For anyone who’s told to stay indoors as ash falls, friggin’ do it. That ash could likely contain microscopic shards of silica, which cause horrible respiratory symptoms including bleeding from the lungs.

[cumafua]

Omg as a Tongan today marks a year since that erruption and thankful God we are still alive ❤ and the thunder like sound I will never forget my ears had still had effect like ringing for two days

[i-am-evil-morty]

This is *by far* the best & most comprehensive coverage I've seen on this event. Excellent work, Alex. Seriously

[willemvandebeek]

Earth is also a planet, I have no problem with you covering the Tonga event.

[MrKrusten]

6:10 I find this picture amazing. It shows how countries and landmass are born, and how water seems to immediately settle the barren island with green life. Just beautiful

[vannessahavea]

Hi I'm from Tonga, all my 28 years of life I have never been more terrified, unfortunately I did not have time to video the eruption but thanks for this, 15th of Jan 2022, a day will we never forget

[HumourDownUnder]

I heard the explosive eruption here in New Zealand (upper North Island, east coast), and it was very loud, considering how far away it was. To me, it sounded like someone had dropped a couple of fully loaded dumpsters on the road in front of my house, despite me being way down the back of the house, which is quite large, and made from concrete and brick. It would have been interesting to have been outside when the shockwaves passed over!

[davidmcnelley]

It’s always incredible to see such powerful shockwaves, seeing the clouds disappear as it spread out shows just how much pressure was behind it.

[sherlockholmes]

Amazing how a single volcanic event can impact our environment more in a short time than hundreds of years of human activity.

[hypermusiic]

Thank you for this!
I’m so glad this came up on my recommended, I’m really interested in geography and looking closer at geographical features such as disasters like this make me interested in learning more and more.

[baconmecrazy]

We live on the coast of Northern California and heard the explosion Friday night. Thought it was a sonic boom at first. But once the tsunami watch for the west coast if the US went into effect, and we found out why, we realized the double boom we'd heard was actually the shock wave from the Hunga Tonga Hunga Haapai explosion.

[polynesianmovtgp]

Prayers out to the people of Tonga! Hope they recover from this and come back stronger! Peace to my Polynesian people affected by this volcanic eruption!

[Sunny_Now_and_Then]

Classed now as VEI 6 we are defintely seeing weather weirdness in Kansas. Two days ago the high was 59 degrees. We have had a lot of rain and low temps in the forties. Yesterday the low was 42. Usually late May gives highs in the mid to upper 80s and nights above 60. I don't remember the last time temps were this cool into Memorial Day weekend. It's wonderful! Thank you Hunga-Tonga Hunga Ha'apai!!!

[high]

Great video! Very informative and interesting 🙂.Im from Tonga and this was an experience I would never forget.