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POÁS – Exciting Times for a Volcano (& Updates)

Posted by Granyia on 2017-04-25
Posted in: America C & S, Eruptions-present, Volcanoes. Tagged: , , , . 10 Comments
Image from RSN webcam on 17 April 2017

Image from RSN webcam on 17 April 2017

I know, it’s exciting times for volcanoholics when a volcano starts playing up but if you live at the foot of same edifice you might not feel quite as much excitement and hope it might soon go away… Notwithstanding, you might as well be interested what the thing on your doorstep is up to. Some background for this volcano can be found on our post “Poás” from Oct. 2015. Continue Reading

Poás

Posted by Granyia on 2015-10-08
Posted in: America C & S, Eruptions-historic, Eruptions-present, Volcanoes. Tagged: , , , , , , , . 7 Comments
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(© OVSICORI)

They lived in the shadow of the mountain – the girl Iliana and her tribe. The mountain was the Poás volcano in the colorful country of Costa Rica… thus begins a legend told by the locals around Poás. Well, the girl was not sacrificed to Poás, and yet, the mountain did not destroy the people living around it. Why? Continue Reading