Be that as it may, Mr Slayback was not as idealistic in the wake of visiting, saying the island was disintegrating quicker than anticipated.
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The precipices of the cavity lake are scratched with disintegration gorges.
"We've truly got a constrained time with Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai," said volcanologist Ms Phoenix.
"It appears rain is affecting disintegration, so if there's proceeded with substantial rain there's a genuine possibility it may just be there for 10 years or somewhere in the vicinity. Be that as it may, it's difficult to state; in case we're fortunate it may be there for more."
In spite of this, the way that the island exists at all is a "major ordeal", she says.
"We've just had one opportunity to see an island like this since we had present day satellite symbolism. It's an entrancing fountain of liquid magma."
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