Spectacular Eruption Under South Pacific

mind blowing.

Those piccies look soooo fake, hardly any erruption's before anything's brokien the surface at all, which surgest's to me that the whole thing's a hoax by the media, as anyone with an ounce of sense would know that any erryption's under the surface of the sea on that scale would show before the blast hit the surface of the sea, ands there isn't any at all on these piccies!.

'No Living Thing Left' Near Tonga Eruption' reports Discovery Channel News.

A volcanic eruption close to the South Pacific nation of Tonga has destroyed rich bird life and vegetation, leaving a wasteland of black ash and tree stumps, witnesses said Friday.

Sightseers, officials and scientists who have taken boats to the site have described frequent explosions hurtling rocks and ash thousands of feet into the air.

It continued to spew Friday even as a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 rocked Tonga's main island of Tongatapu.

"There are only black stumps where the coconut trees were," he added. "We saw dead birds and fish in the water."

Check OUT the rest of the story
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/20/underwater-volcano.html

beautifull....

PLEASE tell me this is the beginning of a quick end!

Burn baby, burn!

wow thats like 1000 years of man made green house gas in one second how will we survive

how can all that stuff coming out of the earth not creat an empty space that needs filled? (for every action there is a reaction.) There's usually something going on that surfaces in relation to this eruption.

nature = badass

fantastic

Great post!
Absolutely awesome!

Wish I was close and had my camera with me! awesome.

This is just amazing, and I hope it continues to not be a threat to the islanders or animals. But I don't see how this *isn't* affecting the water creatures. Did they see the weather forecast and all go to visit relatives?

Wish I was close and had my camera with me! awesome.

Wish I was close and had my camera with me! awesome.

Wish I was close and had my camera with me! awesome.

Wish I was close and had my camera with me! awesome.

wow ! amazing footage on that clip.
amazing power!

The power of nature is amazing!

I think they are reporting an earthquake 7.4.

Maybe it will create a new island we will eventually pay $$$$$$ to visit.

Thanks for posting, current89. I hope the winds remain favorable.

whoa!

Amazing!

Amazing!

Not much looks cooler than an undersea volcano exploding.These pics... wow!

woooowwwww

Very cool indeed.

that is amazing. i would love to see that.

A-Mazing.

Wow, is this some new viral to go alongside the Cloverfield sequel?

Blimey, imagine what the underwater footage would like like - incredible!!!

IMHO, it's the smoke monster from LOST.