The island of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano, which registered a violent eruption on January 15, has practically completely disappeared. This area no longer exists, as can be seen by comparing an image taken by the EU’s Sentinel 2 satellite on January 2, with another from Sentinel 1 acquired 12 hours after the big eruption.
🔴 At 17:08 UTC yesterday, #Copernicus #Sentinel1 🇪🇺🛰️captured the 1⃣st image of #HungaTonga 🌋after the destructive eruption
The volcanic island is almost completely wiped out
⬇️ Comparison before (3 Jan.) / after (image of 15 Jan., ~12 hours after the eruption)#Tonga pic.twitter.com/KA98HTQCBz
— Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) January 16, 2022
A disastrous 🌋#eruption took place in the #Tonga Archipelago on 15 January
A volcanic island has completely vanished, as can be seen by comparing
↙️#Sentinel2's🇪🇺🛰️optical image of 2 Jan. and
↘️#Sentinel1's🇪🇺🛰️SAR image acquired ~12 h after the 🌋 pic.twitter.com/yrZsSqlPqO— EU Defence and Space (@defis_eu) January 17, 2022
h/t 16 Blocks
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