danielw
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Loc: Hattiesburg,MS (31.3N 89.3W)
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Mexico officials have increased the Alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano.
The current Alert Level is a 3, out of 5. Or 5 out of 7 citing CENAPRED, Mexico's National Center for Prevention of Disasters (Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres, or CENAPRED).
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/popocatepetl/news.html
Popocateptl is located in the Mexican state of Puebla, and is situated about 41 miles SE of Mexico City,MX: 160 miles west of Veracruz and 500 miles SSW of Brownsville,TX.
19.02°N / -98.62°W
The link below is located in Puebla,MX and Popocateptl is located in the left center of the camera viewing area.
http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/webcam-puebla.html
This photo, See Attachment, was taken by the above webcam on Monday, April 16th,2012 at 7 PM CDT.
Popocat is to the lower left of the Sun, black dot in the clouds. The clouds and ash plume give the Sun a strange appearance. At first glance I though the black dot was ejected lava rock or pumice.
Edited by danielw (Wed Apr 18 2012 02:37 PM)
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