I have found a site at www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/parques/edomexico2.html
that tells in Spanish more than almost anyone would want to know about the
volcano. There are extensive physical descriptions and measurements of the peak
and crater, plus a history of the volcano's development.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "acroorca2002" <orc@orcoast.com>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Mexican state trifinium web cam
right
flanco norte
dohh
so despite my being 180 degrees off
which btw is not uncommon
we have come to the same conclusion
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> Thanks for the honors! I didn't realize I was plowing new
ground.
>
> It is my impression that the trifinium falls at the exact peak,
which is to the
> right of the crater in the pictures. I have some map resources
and will try to
> find something definitive.
>
> According to the web site, the view is from the north--from
Altzomoni, one of
> the several peaks of Ixtaccíhuatl. Having been to Tlamacas on
the north slope
> of Popocatépetl, I recognize it as such. Also, careful
observation of the
> lighting in the morning and evening will prove this. This
means that the left
> slope is in Puebla, the right slope is in México, and the narrow
tongue of
> Morelos extends up the opposite side of the volcano from the
right.
>
> The light in the erupting image is the illumination of the plume
and clouds by
> the rising sun from the left.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: "acroorca2002" <orc@o...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:08 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Mexican state trifinium web cam
>
>
> staggering hit lowell & well timed too
> & yikes our first bp multifirst as well
> with all parts as previously dreamt sought &or requested here
>
> first mexican tristate point
> first tripoint webcam
> & first actually erupting tripoint volcano
>
> yikes perhaps even our first molten visit anywhere
> albeit not our first or politically greatest tripoint volcano
>
> & probably not yet our first erupting tripoint
> tho that may have been too hot a hot spot to hope for anyway
>
> for it appears from the best available tho still inadequate map
> http://tinyurl.com/htf2
> that your trifinium may well fall at the exact peak
> as i think would tend to be the case with all mountains anyway
> & thus in the present case seemingly on the sw edge of the
cone
> rather than within the cone or anywhere else
>
> so whether the bright area in your pic is the rising sun or the
> rising magma
> there is a good chance you have mexico state on the left
horizon
> & puebla state on the right horizon
> with the northeast sliver of morelos state slashing upwards to
> the peak from the right foreground
>
> & pending better data
> that makes it a still speculative but quite probable class d visit
> focussed at the visible summit just to the right of the
smokestack
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > You will find at
> > www.cenapred.unam.mx/popo/UltimaImagenVolcan2.html
> > a web cam view of the trifinium between the Mexican states
of
> México, Morelos,
> > and Puebla.
> >
> > If the image is black when you look, it's because it is night. If
> the image is
> > gray, it is because of clouds. As I post this, the image is
> exceptionally
> > clear. When Popocatépetl erupts, this can be a very
interesting
> web cam.
> > Attached is an image I saved in 2000.
> >
> > "CENAPRED" is the National Center for the Prevention of
> Disasters.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
>
>
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