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Tonga Underwater Volcano Eruption Live Video
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Thanks....still remembering when St. Helens blew in 1980...
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Yellowstone could be a game changer- fortunately the events are hundreds of thousands of years apart.
https://www.vox.com/2014/9/5/6108169/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption Krakatoa is the king of recent history:
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Yes really bad for the Tongans. Has wreaked the place. 15 meter swells going over some islands.
It even trashed a marina and some boats in New Zealand. |
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10 megatons of energy released
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I wonder what that does to the chemistry of the sea water. I've read conflicting reports about the chemistry. I imagine that there's a significant fish kill. At least it's impact on the air is lessened and the tsunami is not a deadly wave as others have been.
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I'm starting to think the Earth doesn't want us on her anymore.
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The Earth does not care anything about us. It has gone through multiple phases of ice planet - jungle planet, and molten surface. The planet will just keep on until consumed by the sun in a few billion more years.
For humans, it is amazing how much power is in one little volcano. There are 4 "super-volcanoes" in the USA alone. Yellowstone is just the one everyone thinks of. https://www.usgs.gov/news/caldera-systems-worldwide-family-more-just-yellowstone
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I figure that gives us somewhere between about a minute and 50,000 years. _
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I think the most recent was 70,000 years ago, and they vary in interval and severity. The last "biggie" was 640,000 years ago. For now, we'll have to settle for the eruptions on the TV show.
https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/questions-about-yellowstone-volcanic-history
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