Hunga Tonga volcano eruption in 4K UHD with Shock Wave propagation 

Man we just got our internet cable back up to full capacity today and this my first time seeing this in satellite view. Witnessing this with my own eyes is something Id never forget. 2 minutes before the explosion, me and several locals could see the smoke caused by the eruption(or so i thought) we were all just in awe as we feel the ground shaking, all cars stopped and everyone rushed to get a view of the eruption. Seemed safe enough for a few pictures and what not. Thats when the volcano blew up. It was sudden and unexpected. We could literally see the shockwave when it hit us.The shockwave was so strong that it sent some of us to the ground. Mind you, the volcano was at least 70km away from where i was standing. My vision was blurry for a second or two and my ears couldn't stop ringing. We looked up only to see the clouds, as if a atomic bomb had been dropped. The sky was clear and blue but it quickly turned into darkness as if it was midnight. We thought the worst was over, but that is when we saw the tide rising. I had already knew a tsunami was coming way before the tsunami warning was issued because i was at the coastline during the explosion. We could see waves rushing towards us and the sound it was making was just terrifying, thats when the panic started to set in. If trying to get away from the tsunami was already bad enough, acid rain had to make it worse and thats exactly what happened. More things to tell, not that you all asked me or what but i just wanted to share lol. I'm just thankful we are alive and well. God is Great.

I don't care how sadistic I am - this eruption is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. It's insane how we live in a time that we can watch it happen from space 😨

Could see the aftershock travelling through the pacific. Heard the loud boom around 6pm here in Am. Samoa

Around 7 PM on that same day here in the Philippines, our local weather station recorded a sudden rise and drop in atmospheric pressure and even countries as far as the US and potentially, worldwide. That volcanic sonic boom was quite a spectacle.

first of all, much love and prayers to the people of Tonga and surrounding islands. Yes, the shockwave had reached New Zealand some two hours after the eruption. On the weather radar, the shockwave registered as a 4 hectapascal rise in pressure and then sunk 6HpA. It was significant! Tonga is almost 3000km away. All the best for the people

Amazing, we could record the eruption from the sky - this was good for scientist to comprehend more about all types of volcanos.

As someone in europe, i think i actually experienced the moment where its shockwave reached europe. I was outside in a park and out of nowhere all surrounding Birds were suddenly going crazy flying around wild. At that time I was just confused why they behaved like that out of nowhere(i been to that place for years and never seen something like that), only when i read about the erruption it dawned on me that their erratic behaviour happened on the day of the Erruption.

And just like that, we are humbled and reminded that not one single person who has lived, is living or will ever live can control mother nature. She is the boss, well and truly.

Back-to-back eruptions with 2 tsunami events. This last eruption though looked catastrophic.

Its taken from thousands of miles above, and even from there it looks huge..

It looks insanly big when you see a full earth and the size of the explosion

This was the largest explosion and loudest sound ever measured by modern instruments. It was the biggest volcanic eruption since Krakatoa in 1883.

Awesome job! Thanks for getting this up so quick with such a comprehensive range of views. It was an impressive eruption that’s for sure.

After seeing this from space, it really gives you an idea of the destruction an asteriod/metorite would cause.

What’s remarkable is how few people are connecting the dots between the volcano, the earth’s albedo since then, and the cold winters. Why do we keep having to relearn these relationships?

Being able to see the shockwave really just proves that we are insignificant and small compared to mother nature. She is kind but she is powerful. Things like this remind us that safety is just an illusion. We are all sitting on top of tectonic plates which are sitting on top of an extremely hot core. On a planet orbiting what is essentially a violent nuclear fusion reactor. Which is trapped in an orbit around a supermassive black hole.

Amazing videos, as always. I really appreciate the consistent quality and passion you show towards, not only the science, but the beauty of science photography. Thanks for sharing.

The island marked Fonu'afo'ou is actually Tongatapu (Fonu'afo'ou is an undersea volcano to the north of the Hungas that builds into an island and then erodes away with some frequency. In the 1990s, it was officially claimed by the Kingdom of Tonga). The island marked Hunga Tonga is actually Hunga Ha'apai, while the one on the left in that shot is Hunga Tonga. The reason is that the one on the left is nearest the island of Tongatapu, while the one on the right is nearest the Ha'apai group. They're both part of the crater rim of the same volcano. When the two islands were joined by the eruption of the of the volcano itself, the name of the island (and volcano) was changed to Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai.

I always enjoy your videos, keep it up! :)

Imagine if we can see Krakatoa eruption in 1883 from space like this. It can be amazing and terrifying at same time.

Excellent compilation - thanks!

That was fricking huge!

Cool how you can see the shock wave at the initial explosion point.

The POWER contained in the EARTH is MAGNIFICENT!!!!🌋🌊

1:28 WOW!😱 That ash cloud looks bigger even than some countries! Could the people of Newzealand see the ash cloud?

I heard it! I'm 100km north of Wellington Aotearoa NZ

I can only imagine how much pressure was released from underneath. I wonder whether we should expect any aftereffects due to collapsing material into the void,potentially leading to earthquakes and tsunamis?

This is probably a miniature scale of what had happened some 70k years ago when lake Toba erupted and wiped out 70% of everything that grow and walk on the surface of the earth.

You can see the shock waves traveling.

Do please note that this clip is a time-lapse made from a series of still images taken some minutes apart. That fact is made evident by the speed of the moving clouds.

How did you make this video? Is it raw footage or did you add anything to enhance it? I'm looking on NOAA's web page and can't find this exact video of so much earth.

Can you imagine being the first satellite tech to see this?

In 2019 we Sailed to this new island Hunga Tonga to take a look , it was only small , a lot of Sulfur in the air . Than we continued on to Fiji . Glad she didn't blow when we were there

That was quite a blast.

That is a awesome explosion. The power of a volcano. Amazing video.

Shows the true scale of the eruption... fantastic

Wow, i would watch a real time video of thst from space!

A big thank you for all the different views from space of such a big event.

А камера на чём установлена? Стоционарно снимает!

How many angles of this shot are there?

Wow. Oddly beautiful.

You wouldn't want to be a fisherman in his boat anywhere near that eruption!

Amazing thanks for that!

Curious where the video at 1:26 came from? It's at such a different scale, must be something orbiting much further out?

Amazing and yet Terrifying.

Just goes to show how small and insignificant we all are compared to mother nature.

Porque no dejan correr el vídeo, que ocultan o de donde lo toman?

Incredible footage.

Amazing power of the earth that man can not hinder or stop.

This is just the Tonga volcano just imagine what the Yellowstone would look like when that erupts

Is daar ! Wat moet ik daar mee in Amsterdam ?

Flat earthers punching air at this footage.

I hope the people in Tonga are okay

Flat Earthers will call this fake footage🤣🤣

that music makes this video feel super eerie and dope

Wow. Don't get to see something like this every day. Very cool.

The size of the cloud holy shit!

What was the power of this eruption compared to a nuclear bomb? Looks super massive followed by that shock wave! Wow.

Prayers for my Tongan tokos. Ofa lahi atu from the states.

If you freeze frame on this video at 0:20 sec or the 1:36 min frame you can see on the eastern side of the explosion a shadow of the wave rising high enough to see the water rising and diminishing quickly. Can't tell how high the wave was but the low angle of the sun left the lit side apparently high enough to see the ocean rising and the afternoon sun left an imprint of the shadow. Perhaps several thousands feet or more of shadow. Possibly indicating maybe half a mile or more of wave height. That of course led to tsunami's around the pacific rim areas exposed to shores from North America, to Chile, and New Zealand. Wow! Too bad they didn't provide some scale or islands to compare the event!

How much time passed over these photos?

God bless Tonga 🇹🇴🙏❤️

Thanks my friend~

That was really good and too see in all angles from space

What a view. Imagine footage of an impact that size

WHAT IS DIAMETAR OF THAT CLOUD?

How large was it compared to Beirut?

Can you share the link to background music? Thanks

Incredible beyond comprehension, what a time to be alive!

Look at the shadow. If all you see is the volcano, you aren't looking at the big picture.

How far is that plume spread out by now?

How long time is it between those "frames"?

That’s why I trust more science than religions Science can show and prove what religions will not be able to do We live in good time big up to all engineers and scientists who puts they knowledge to help us better understand the world we live My heart is with you brothers and sisters in Tonga we can’t do nothing to stop it happened.

I already hear flarearthers, science and space deniers shouting CGI 😕🙄

Truly fascinating!!!!

I am curious whether it was strong enough to temporarily punch a hole in the ozone.

If you can see the shock wave from space.. Jesus.. thats one HUGE explosion.. sure would not be good for any fishing boats near that one.. the ppl in Tonga ears are still ringing i bet.. dam must have been like a M80 going off next to your ears. That Island near that blast prolly has no more life on it now.. at least on the surface.. all vegetation must be blown flat to the surface and and anything living must have been blown out to sea.

What a beautiful scenery 😍 👌 ❤ earth pimple

Awesome footage...

This is cool footage but us there any footage that shows how it settles in the atmosphere?

Does anyone know just how powerful this was in comparison to recent eruptions?

Jeez. I imagine there's going to be some kind of consequences to a blast like that.

Amazing! Thankz

These are amazing videos.

Noooo… this isn’t Mars!? Or the wrong music is being used!!

WOW, watching that explosion i can see how a giant asteroid could wipe us all out

How many miles across was that cloud ? That’s amazing footage

How fast is the explosion?

Nasce a mais nova ilha ❤️

The sound was heard as far away as Alaska. I heard it well inland behind the Sierra Nevada. I'm wondering if it's the loudest sound ever on Earth.

What happenned of Tonga????

The cloud width before it start moving horizontally is around 320km wide

And that was just a baby volcano. Imagine what a real volcano would do. Woah!

And we here on earth scared of an asteroid ???

I want to know in how much time it was exploded

What was the time lapse between images and what was the scale. Anybody know

It reaches Germany twice, it was measured by all weatherstations, my own station included!

The extra water vapour in the stratosphere will cool things down in the southern summer of 22. May decrease crop yields too. Nature makes a mockery of our plans and government policies too.

So beautiful and mesmerising....

Madness.. That is tragic yet beautiful. Rip all the lil fishes...