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Tongan volcano eruption unleashed highest plume on record

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The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano erupted underwater in January. It created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth's atmosphere. The volcanic plume reached an altitude of 35.4 miles (57 kilometers) at its highest.

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The Independent

South Pacific underwater volcanic eruption creates ‘highest-ever recorded’ plume

An underwater volcanic eruption has been recorded as creating the highest-ever recorded plume. A new study has found the eruption, which occurred in the South Pacific, reached 35.4 miles to become the first to break through the mesosphere, a layer of atmosphere 30 to 50 miles above Earth. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai’s explosion on 15 January of this year is among the most powerful ever observed. This video shows the eruption, which triggered devas…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Tongan volcano eruption unleashed highest plume on record

The powerful Jan. 15 underwater eruption of Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth's atmosphere than any other on record - about 35 miles (57 km) - as it extended more than halfway to space, researchers said on Thursday.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

Tongan Volcano Eruption Plume Soars "Halfway To Space", Highest On Record

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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CNN

Tonga eruption's towering plume reached the third layer of Earth's atmosphere

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth's atmosphere.

1 year ago·Atlanta, United States

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KRDO

Tonga eruption sent the highest-recorded volcanic plume into Earth's atmosphere

By Ashley Strickland, CNNWhen the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere.It was the highest-recorded volcanic plume and reached the mesosphere, where meteors and meteorites usually break apart and burn up in our atmosphere.The mesosphere, about 31 to 50 miles (50 to 80 kilometers) above Earth’s surface, is above the troposphere …

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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