Grey ash falls like rain at Hunga Ha'apai [1]
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 14:19. Updated on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 06:35.
Photos by Shane Egan
Grey ash “falling like rain” from the large steam and ash volcanic eruptions that are continuing in the area of Hunga Ha'apai- Hunga Tonga, can be seen from the Tongatapu coastline.
Residents at Sopu in Tongatapu and at Kanokupolu and Ha'atafu in the western district have good views of the eruption.
Shane Egan at the Blue Banana Beach House at Kanokupolu has been photographing the eruptions since Christmas.
“It is still sending huge smoke signals into the sky in intermittent, billowing puffs,” Shane said this afternoon.