Sent Ash Around the World – Volcán CEBORUCO, Mexico

View from Los Aguajes in the east of Volcán Ceboruco. (© Juan Castillo Campos, via mapio.net)

As so often, and generally without intention, I have hit upon yet another volcano that has all the trimmings of a beast but seems not really to be recognised as such. Up to a few years ago there have been very few studies to find out about the seismological and structural properties of the volcano. Volcán Ceboruco is considered among the five volcanoes with the highest risk in Mexico, and the second most active after Colima volcano in the western Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Yet, scientists had to point out, in a 2016 study, “that every effort should be made to monitor its seismic activity”.

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The Michoacán – Guanajuato Volcanic Field, Mexico

Paricutin volcano, lava flow and buried church. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/paricutin-volcano-that-grew-out-of.html

Islas REVILLAGIGEDO (MX) – SAN BENEDICTO > VOLCÁN BÁRCENA

3D rendered image of Isla Benedicto from Google Earth.

The Revillagigedo Islands were discovered in 1533 by the Spanish conquistador Fernando de Grijalva; named by, and after himself, the Count of Revillagigedo who ordered the islands to be occupied in 1790. They are solitary remote islands, of interest only to military, scientists and adventurers; not much has been written about them over time. They gained some fame when Alexander von Humboldt mused about them in 1811, and in 1905 a ship reported that the islands had disappeared from sight.

Paricutin, Mexico – My First Volcano

Paricutin in eruption at night, 1947 http://luirig.altervista.org/pics/index4.php?search=Paricutin+Volcano,+Mexico,+in+eruption+at+night.+1947.&page=1

Eruptions continue at Colima, Mexico

Colima webcam – Jan. 21, 2015 eruption. http://mashable.com/2015/01/21/webcam-mexico-volcano/