On January 15th, 2022, one of the biggest geologic events in the last 30 years occurred.

The Hungatonga-Hunga-Hunga-Hupai volcano in the nation of Tonga erupted.

It wasn't just a volcanic eruption, however.

It was an event that actually had repercussions all over the world.

Learn more about the Hunga Tonga Henga Henga Henga-Hupai eruption, why it happened, and what it means for Tonga in the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. If you've been listening to this podcast long enough you know that this show is not about current events.

There is more than enough content online that covers the news, and I don't think we really need

another one.

However, I want to do something a bit different in this episode and cover something that happened just last week.

You've probably seen some of the astonishing satellite photos from the volcanic eruption in the nation of Tonga in the last few days.

It really was quite an amazing thing to see and the very fact that it could be

observed by satellite, let alone so obviously visible from space, was an indication of just

how powerful an event it was.

I've traveled pretty extensively around the world,

and one of the things that this has done for me

is to make me more attentive to new stories that are often ignored or overlooked

just because they happen to have occurred

somewhere that most people aren't familiar with. I visited Tonga back in 2007 and I

spent several days in the island of Tonga Tupu which is the location of Tonga's

capital city Nukuilofa.

Just having been in Tonga has made me more attentive to the story, and my geology background was also part of

what drew me in.

So with that being said, let's start with what, the Hungonga Hunga-Hunga-Hunga-Hapai

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