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Here is spectacular footage of an underwater volcano erupting near Tonga.
The eruption began Monday after a series of earthquakes near Tonga, a 170-island archipelago between Australia and Tahiti, residents told the Associated Press. There were magnitude-5.0 quakes there Sunday night and Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Though the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) issued an advisory for the area, the plume isn’t engendering island residents and so far hasn’t hurt fish or other animals, according to the AP.
Yesterday a plume rose to between 15,000 and 25,000 feet (4.6 to 7.6 kilometers), the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program reported. "It's a very significant eruption, on quite a large scale," Tonga's chief geologist, Kelepi Maf, told the Times of London. This is not unusual for this area and we expect this to happen here at any time."
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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Geekazoid.
Isn't there danger of a Tsunami?!
What!? This is ridiculous! Obviously, it killed a HUGE number of fish and other living things. BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER. That is the way the natural world works! Not only was the quoted comment wrong, but it was ridiculous in its intent, because it implies that human beings ought to just about WORSHIP wildlife.
That kind of worship was done by a relatively few folks in some primitive, poly/pantheistic, pagan religions (and is now done in those religions' ludicrous "New Age" reincarnations [no pun intended]). But the vast number of people in the world are educated monotheists who worship the one true God, not wildlife (which God created to decorate the world and for man's use/pleasure).
Now to complete the natural cycle, and have various nations claim the new land for territorial, fishing, and economic interests.
I'm a little surprised by the how calm the water is so close to such powerful event.
All you scumb@gs in your SUV's and Cell phones did this!! Happy now!!, the oceans have risen, it has started.. the end!!
We can't stop the fish from getting hurt, but we could prevent shoddy reporting.
Randy
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ay and nina says hi!