FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS DTIS from above, during the tow over the summit of New Volcano 1. This area is roughly 50km from Tongatapu and representative of how Hunga-Tonga Hunga Ha’apai would have looked. Image courtesy NIWA-Nippon Foundation TESMaP / Rebekah Parsons-King 24
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