We Discovered the World's 6th Lava Lake; Meet the Tofua Volcano!

Описание: A team of scientists just discovered the world's 6th lava lake, which had gone unnoticed for likely a decade. This occurred at a highly remote albeit uninhabited tropical island volcano, hence why it was not known beforehand. Join me in today's video as we explore Tonga's Tofua volcano!

More footage can be found at:
[1]    / extremepursuit  
[2]    • Journey to the World's 9th Lava Lake, Tofua  

Note: Do NOT attempt getting as close to the Tofua volcano as shown in this video. This was done by trained professionals with proper equipment who had years of experience working with & getting close to volcanoes. Volcanoes are quite potentially dangerous.

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Extreme Pursuit, Channel link:    / extremepursuit  ,
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The scientists who made this discovery:
1) Brendan Strauch (Australia)
2) Corina Zaharia (Romania)
3) Dr. Tomasz Lepich (Poland)
4) Justin Noonan (Australia)
5) Matthew Davison (New Zealand)
6) Suellen Heintz (USA)

A special thanks to the Extreme Pursuit YouTube channel for granting me permission to use clips of his footage!
Video Sources from the Extreme Pursuit YouTube channel:
[1]    • Journey to the World's 9th Lava Lake, Tofua  
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Sources/Citations:
[1] Extreme Pursuit (YouTube channel)
[2] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger and are not Eyjafjallajökull's 2010 eruption or the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai's 2022 eruption are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/vogripa/view/c..., Used with Permission
[3] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi:10.1029/JC087iC02p01231. Accessed / Read by    / geologyhub   on Oct 5th, 2022.
[4] NOAA, GOES-17 (GOES-West)

0:00 A New Discovery!
0:27 A Lava Lake
0:45 Tofua Volcano
1:17 Lava Lake Size
3:47 Lava Bombs