Doesn't this volcano play a flute or something? /rimshot
Posted on 08/13/2026 5:38:00 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Popocatepetl volcano is just east of Mexico city and is the 5th highest peak in North America ( 17,694 feet (5,393 meters) tall.)
It is erupting steam right now. You can slide the time backward to see the last 12 hours. This mountain is where I did my first technical climb following the "Ventorillo Route" up the inactive vent on the right hand skyline, across the saddle and up the glacier to the summit.
If clouds obscure the image, try sliding the time “bullet” on the lower right. Moving the time to the left will show earlier footage.
Ping
Neat! Let’s hope that steam is ALL it spews!
Neat! Thanks.
At night you can see the glow from the magma in the crater. It has erupted lava off and on for many years. I think I climbed it in 1992 and it started erupting shortly after that.....and the peak has been closed to climbers ever since. I missed the new active phase by “this much”.
Meanwhile, on Sicily, Mt Aetna is exhibiting a major eruption.
The earth crust is moving. Cracks let the magma flow
That was the case when I was there in 1999 too.
Even Krakatoa is becoming active.
Release the Krakatoa
My fourth grade teacher told us the fascinating story of how Paracutin grew from a corn field. I think that was 1943. We studied El Popo at that time too. She and her husband had a Piper something that they would fly as far as Colombia during the summer season. Quite an adventure she brought to the fourth grade geography classroom. Yes, we had geography all of fourth grade for one period a day. It was wonderful.
Doesn't this volcano play a flute or something? /rimshot
Etna also, and others. I wonder if it is because of the ‘once in 100 years’ planetary alignment?
KRAKATOA KATIE, SHE AIN’T NO LADY...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGd3bo5Ny1s
Also recent earthquakes in Japan, Venezuela and Colombia. St. Louis needs to pay attention because when the New Madrid cycle of earthquakes of 1811-1812 was active, Caracas, Venezuela had one that killed 20,000 people
The day after it was posted by you (and having not seen it), my wife and I got on a plane for Querétaro and stayed in San Miguel de Allende for a week (just got back a couple of days ago).
If my wife had seen this report about the volcano, she might have refused to get on the airplane (it was the first time she'd flown in 30 years).
Anyway, I'm glad that we went, and I'm proud of her for overcoming her fear of flying.
Me...I'm a world traveller.
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