Rincón de la Vieja National Park

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The main volcanic peak of this park rises 6300 feet above sea level and its steep slopes are densely cloaked by forest up to near the top. The main crater contains a blue lake in its center, and has numerous fumaroles (vents) along its walls that release hot sulfurous steam. In the 1980’s and 1990’s the volcano had several small but powerful eruptions, and such intermittent eruptions will likely continue into the distant future.  In the lowlands below in an area that extends over 125 acres is a landscape of mixed open scrub vegetation and forest covering a network of hot steam vents, bubbling “mud pots”, and hot water rivers.  Extending back from this section are forests with ancient trees… Continue reading →