A NASA satellite caught a giant tsunami doing something no one expected

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When a massive earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in late July, it unleashed a tsunami that raced across the Pacific Ocean. As the giant waves spread outward, an advanced NASA satellite happened to be in a perfect position to observe the event in unprecedented detail.

The satellite, called Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT), recorded the first high resolution, wide area view of a major tsunami generated by a subduction zone earthquake, accor...

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