NASA icon discovers traces of Tonga supervolcano eruption in space
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 5:01 am
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The GOES-17 satellite captured images of a parachute cloud from the underwater eruption of the Hong Tonga-Hung Hapai volcano on January 15, 2022. Crescent-shaped shock waves and several light strokes can also be seen.
When the Hong Tonga-Hung Hapai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunamis across the globe. Now, scientists have found that the effects of the volcano have also reached space.
Analyzing data from NASA’s Ion Communication Explorer, or ICON, and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm mission and satellites, scientists found that in the hours after the explosion, hurricane-speed winds and unusual electric currents formed in the ionosphere – the atmosphere The upper electrified Earth layer at the edge of space.
The GOES-17 satellite captured images of a parachute cloud from the underwater eruption of the Hong Tonga-Hung Hapai volcano on January 15, 2022. Crescent-shaped shock waves and several light strokes can also be seen.
When the Hong Tonga-Hung Hapai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunamis across the globe. Now, scientists have found that the effects of the volcano have also reached space.
Analyzing data from NASA’s Ion Communication Explorer, or ICON, and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm mission and satellites, scientists found that in the hours after the explosion, hurricane-speed winds and unusual electric currents formed in the ionosphere – the atmosphere The upper electrified Earth layer at the edge of space.