by MarkBour » Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:42 pm
Cousin Ricky wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:24 pm
Not as huge as whatever mountain the camera was sitting on.
That makes sense. I'm not from around there, but armed with Google and Wikipedia ...
The rising, pre-dawn, crescent moon would be in the East. So the lights in the background are some of the small towns (I think they're small) east of Pacaya. The peak elevation of Pacaya is 2552m . Then, mostly west of Pacaya is the much taller Volcan de Agua (peak elevation 3760m). The image might have been shot from somewhere on that massive mountain ... Both volcanic cones look truly massive in local images, but yes, Volcan de Agua is the bigger brother for sure. But Pacaya is much more active than Agua, of late.
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In the foreground, lights from small [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala]Guatemala[/url]n towns are visible behind the huge [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-zpztktfA]volcano Pacaya[/url].
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Not as huge as whatever mountain the camera was sitting on.
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That makes sense. I'm not from around there, but armed with Google and Wikipedia ...
The rising, pre-dawn, crescent moon would be in the East. So the lights in the background are some of the small towns (I think they're small) east of Pacaya. The peak elevation of Pacaya is 2552m . Then, mostly west of Pacaya is the much taller Volcan de Agua (peak elevation 3760m). The image might have been shot from somewhere on that massive mountain ... Both volcanic cones look truly massive in local images, but yes, Volcan de Agua is the bigger brother for sure. But Pacaya is much more active than Agua, of late.