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Popo has started a series of explosions in the crater in the last
half-hour or so; the Cenapred page says this is normal expected behavior
during this eruption (which has been ongoing since 2000, I think). It's
neat to watch on the cam along with the stars.
It waxes and wanes quite noticeably during the 1-minute intervals. Once
recently it was strong enough to see the red glow on the camera rather
than the usual white. Occasionally there seem to be vertical or
diagonal upgoing streaks, too, but these are faint and fuzzy. The stars
above the crater haven't been blanked out, so there probably isn't a big
plume going up just now.
http://www.cenapred.unam.mx/mvolcan.html
Click on "Tamano A" (or B). If unfamiliar with where the volcano is out
there in the dark, first click "last report" (or the Spanish version if
you're an Iberophone) and then "see image" to get a still from yesterday.
Note: That bright light over the "6" in "2006" is a man-made artifact of
some sort. I don't know where it comes from as nothing seems to show up
on that area during the day but the volcano's flank. There are a number
of villages nearby, but these are lower down, I think, among the trees
and probably a fair distance from the active area.
I believe that constellation up in the top right just now is part of
Taurus, although I'm no astronomy expert, let alone one familiar with
star-watching on Web cams, but if it is.
Popo is in the central time zone, BTW.
Barb
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