"In January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai blast in the South Pacific sent pressure waves around the planet, astonishing scientists. Months later, researchers learned the explosion blew a whopping 58,000 swimming pools worth of water into the atmosphere — an unprecedented amount. Now, volcanologists determined the explosion's plume of ash and water reached over 35 miles high. That's the highest ever observed." - https://mashable.com/article/volcano-eruption-highest-ever-plume-record-tonga