A real live volcano!

Today I went to see the Poas Volcano. You can see this on the map. Almost directly in the middle. All of the volcanoes are in red. This volcano's most recent eruption was in 1954. However, as recently as 1989, the park was closed because of dangerous sulphurous gas emissions. Its geyser-like eruptions of muddy water and steam, have given it the reputation as the world’s largest geyser.

Here are a couple pictures of the peak! The "clouds" or "smoke" you see comes from the crater lake in the middle.




The one of me is just in case you all forgot what I looked like. My hat is pulled down really tight on my head because it had already blown off once! It was quite windy up there! He had to hike up about a 1/2 mile to reach the summit. But it was an easy climb! It was an amazing view!