Friday, September 14, 2012
Fuego Erupts!
I woke up yesterday morning intending to be incredibly productive, until my boss called and told me to go have a look at Fuego. From the street I could see a huge plume of smoke and ash rising from the crater...an actual eruption! So instead of concentrating on my school work, C and I rushed off to watch from the roof of La Merced. It was a spectacular (and, I'll admit, somewhat nerve-wracking) sight to behold. So far, there are plans to evacuate some 30,000 people from communities close to the mountain and lava flows have threatened several roads.
Apparently, NASA documented the eruption from space:
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