Many members of the Wetpixel community have traveled to Tonga and we have friends and colleagues that have been impacted by the eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, We fervently hope that you are in a place of safety and that the damage to homes and businesses is limited. Our thoughts are with you.
The strongest storm in 60 years has passed over the island nation of Tonga, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. While no deaths from the storm have been reported, the damage is significant including the leveling of the Parliament House. There is also widespread flooding throughout the capital of Nuku’alofa, where dozens of homes have been destroyed by the storm.
As the first of a series of new articles for Wetpixel, Don Silcock has shared his words and images of diving and photographing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Tonga.
In December of 2014 the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga. It formed a new island approximately one mile long and twenty-eight miles northwest of Tonga’s capital. This past week some adventurous locals visited the new island and captured some images, against the warnings of experts.