@Tetters and
@MaryMary and @everyone else. In January i posted a video of our volcano exploding. Now Tetters and MaryMary have requested a few photos and here they are. The photos were all taken by Tapiro who was born here and still lives here, is a professional nature photographer who has won international acclaim for his photos of the Colima Volcano (aka Volcan de Fuego). He has given permission for us to show his photos to whomever. He loves for people to see his photos. If you want more, you can look at UTube videos of this mountain by searching Colima Volcano. The last time i looked, there were a dozen or so videos.
The Volcano started high alert activity in November of 2014 when it blew its dome off and has remained at high alert through all of 2015, 2016, and into 2017. The last time there was this much high alert activity was in 1913.
The people here are indebted to Tapiro who spent many sleepless nights up on the mountain waiting for it to blow, while most of the rest of us were snug in our beds.
The first photo is an international award winner. The photo caused a stir because of the clarity of the lightning. Scientists and residents have known for years that many erupting and exploding volcanoes create their own lightning caused by the force of the explosion when the particles are colliding. Clear photos of this lightning are rare because they are usually in the center of the ash cloud. That is what makes this photo special
This next photo is of an avalanche that came down the southwestern side of the mountain, I am on the southwestern side and Tapiro was driving up the southwestern side in the early morning hours with his cameras ready. He has said that this photo has been the most heart-stopping photo of his career to date. What you see here is i can't remember how many metric tons of volcanic debris roaring down the mountain, filling up ravines in the path. That is not snow, it is ash and volcanic debris and the top of the mountain itself. He had minutes to stop the car, take the photo, get back in his car, turning it around to get out of there. While he was doing this, i was standing in my garden watching it turn ash gray.
Here is a typical eruption
And the mountain at peace
I am well situated and experience very little ash because mostly it moves to the northeast.
. You're obviously on the same wavelength 
