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A violent underwater eruption at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai caldera on January 15th sent literal shock waves around the world. This animation, based on satellite images from Japan’s Himawari 8, shows the fast-moving shock waves and the growing ash plume coming from the uninhabited island. (Image credit: S. Doran/Himawari 8; submitted by jpshoer; see also S. Cronin)

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