Science and Exploration

Hunga Tonga/Hunga Ha’apai Eruption As Viewed From Space

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
January 17, 2022
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Hunga Tonga/Hunga Ha’apai Eruption As Viewed From Space
Hunga Tonga/Hunga Ha'apai Eruption
Himawari-8

The Hunga Tonga/Hunga Ha’apai eruption as imaged from the Japanese Himawari-8 weather satellite 36,000km up.
Note the scale with New Zealand visible at right.

Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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