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Underwater Volcanic Eruption

Posted by on August 26, 2019

We left Vava’u Tonga on the 8th of August. A couple of days later Tanya told me about this big raft of floating debris she saw, I was off watch and never saw it. Evidently it’s a big raft of pumice from an underwater volcano eruption.

This is video from a boat that sailed through the raft during daylight. There’s actual video about 50 seconds in:

Article from Washington Post

Article from Science Alert

2 Responses to Underwater Volcanic Eruption

  1. Sherry

    That is unbelievable! A rolling sea of pumice.