Thursday, March 26, 2009

Geology: It's a Blast


This undersea volcano erupted about six miles south of the island of Tongatapu (Tonga) on March 18th. The eruption was a simultaneous blast from two vents at once, which are probably linked somewhere in the shallow crust. A nice series of photos at Boston.com.


A video from AP:

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