Beneath the calm blue waters of the South Pacific, an island came and went, sometimes vanishing entirely—an island that warned of instability yet lulled the world into complacency. It was a place both real and fragile, a landmark that was, in truth, a warning sign. In the remote reaches of the Kingdom of Tonga, southwest of the main inhabited islands, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai was more absence than presence. It was a volcanic remnant, repeatedly built up by eruptions and then eroded away by the sea.
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