Published on Fri, Mar 20, 2009 by Mihai Andrei
Post filled in: Feature Post, Geology, Great Pics
Near Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa, an underwater volcano has been shooting smoke, ash, steam, etc for thousands of feet, and the good thing is the islanders are not threatened by this. Still, it remains such a spectacular phenomenon that scientists just had to inspect it and make a photo shoot. Pictures from boston.com. There’s also a great video here.
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