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In movies, the earth always suffers disasters, and in reality, the earth has not been peaceful for a year.
Unexpectedly, in 2022, there was another earth-shattering start: a volcanic eruption affecting half the earth came, which may also be the strongest volcanic eruption in nearly 30 years.
The clouds erupting from the volcano resemble mushroom clouds after a nuclear explosion.
This eruption took place in the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, where it is located:
The country is made up of 169 islands with a population of about 100,000 people, and the main island of Tongatapu is very close to the site of the volcanic eruption, only about 70 kilometers, and has been hit by a tsunami after the eruption.
The erupting volcano is called the Hong Aha Apay Island Submarine Volcano, which has erupted violently twice, namely 14th and 15th, with the most recent eruption being more intense.
According to reports, at that time, the ash column was 20 kilometers high and shot straight into the sky.
On the map, it looks like a cloud the size of a national unit was formed from scratch.
Someone compared it to France, and the sense of annihilation was full.
Even more shocking from the space station, the Earth looked as if nothing had happened a second ago:
The next moment it felt like a big problem:
Feel the oppression of the first perspective again. The people in the video are still wondering whether the sky is covered with volcanic ash or clouds:
As a result, a roar completely woke them up.
I feel that the previous disaster films were still conservatively filmed.
Although the eruption of the volcano is in the sea, since the eruption began in 2009, it has been constantly changing the appearance of the nearby islands.
At first, it only after the eruption gradually formed a new island, connecting the two sides of the island, when everyone thought that this small island would gradually disappear under the erosion of the waves, just like other small volcanic islands.
As a result, several years passed, and it became bigger and bigger.
Fast forward to December 20th of last year, the volcano began to toss again, and within a few days the island changed again, not only forming a large number of smoke columns, but also destroying the original volcanic cone. It didn't stop for a while until January 5 this year, and by the 11th, everyone thought it was dormant again.
Within a few days, the violent eruption began.
It is said that the eruption of The 15th is 7 times more powerful than last year's No. 20, and the Earth has still put a large one after half a day of brewing. Volcano experts at the University of Auckland believe the volcano has a history of violent eruptions every 1,000 years or so.
The eruption is expected to directly destroy much of the volcanic island.
But in fact, compared to the volcanic island is still not there, everyone is more worried about whether the nearby people are safe.
There are reports that the volcanic ash was cloudy and fell like raindrops. Some people have difficulty breathing due to volcanic ash, and as an island, fresh water resources have become a relatively scarce necessity after the water source has been polluted. Even due to the impact of volcanic ash cover, the aircraft could not go to the islands in time to investigate the situation in the first place.
In addition, the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption directly hit the capital of Tonga, the street shops along the coast were destroyed, and communications also failed due to the eruption and tsunami, which directly caused the Tonga Islands to lose contact.
However, rescue operations have begun, New Zealand has organized flight visits, and there have been no reports of casualties in the affected areas.
At the same time, it is not only Tonga that has to deal with this disaster, the aftermath of the volcanic eruption has begun to spread rapidly towards half the world.
According to reports, the loud noise of the volcanic eruption spread throughout the South Pacific region, fiji more than 700 kilometers away, New Zealand more than 2,000 kilometers away, and even more outrageously Alaska can also hear the sound.
(Netizens in Fiji, felt the shock)
In addition, tsunami warnings have been sounded around the world. In addition to Tonga, other parts of Oceania have also been affected.
In Asia, Japan also issued tsunami warnings and reported on several tsunami attacks. The Americas were also hit, with four U.S. fishermen in California caught up in the sea, two of whom were injured.
(California, U.S.)
A river in California has waves.
The speed of spread is also surprising to netizens.
Although the casualties in Tonga are unknown, tens of thousands of miles away from the eruption, people have been killed.
In Peru, two-meter-high waves reportedly killed two people.
Peru is 10,000 kilometers from Tonga, and a volcanic eruption has stirred up half the world.
It is also for this reason that some media have calculated from the current information that the power of this eruption is comparable to 1,000 atomic bombs:
It is also believed that this is the largest eruption since the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991.
(The eruption of Mount Pinatubo affected the Earth's temperature for a period of time.
Although I have been tormented by the epidemic every day and shouted about destruction, when such disasters really appear, it will still be shocking and frightening.
And this is the power of the earth, we think that we can dominate this planet by wisdom, but as a result, it can cause immeasurable disasters with only one "fart" and affect the lives of human beings around the world.
If we look at the universe, our existence is even smaller. Such a small us, in 2022 ushered in such a headwind start, can only say cherish the calm life around us.
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