Haunting Before-and-After Images Show Devastation Wrought by Tonga Volcano

This sobering sequence of three pictures reveals the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano on April 10, 2021 earlier than the eruption, on December 24, 2021 after eruptions began up once more, and on January 18, 2022, after the massive explosion.

Two pre-existing volcanic islands, Hunga Tonga and Hunga-Ha’apai, have been joined in 2015 following a collection of eruptions. The two islands are as soon as once more separated by water however at the moment are even smaller than they have been earlier than, because of the highly effective explosion. Like the tip of an iceberg, these uncovered landmasses are the tallest sections of the 1.1-mile-high (1.8-km-high) underwater volcano.