I don’t know if I have mentioned before, but one of the “benefits” of living in Antigua Guatemala, so close to an active volcano, Volcán de Fuego, is the constant rattle, hum and growls we get through the days. Honest, you never get used to it. By the way, if you reserving your vacation days … Read more
Here’s the typical vista of a Guatemalan chicken bus, camioneta we call them here, en route to Antigua Guatemala. By the way, this road is known as Ruta 14, route 14, and in my opinion is one of the most scenic pieces of road in Guatemala. If you are visiting Guatemala, make sure you take … Read more
Volcán Fuego is such a show off, always fuming and erupting to keeps us on our toes. Some times it growls so load that the windows and the house vibrate and shake. At night, often it gives a vibrant red lava show. I’m telling you, this volcano is quite the performer. Wish you were here … Read more
I don’t know they reasons of why Volcán Fuego is quite active during the dry season, which happens to be the cold season as well. Whatever the reasons, I really like this Sunday morning vistas with Fuego fuming away. I wish you were here to see it and enjoy it as much as I do! … Read more
Here are the first images I taken of the recent eruptions of Volcán de Fuego taken from Antigua Guatemala tonight. I was alerted by Norman Avila of ClimaYa.com through a tweet about Fuego volcano erupting and within minutes I was taken this photographs of the fireworks show put up by colossal volcano located about 20 kilometres south west of Antigua Guatemala.
Here are additional photos of Fuego volcano erupting. Enjoy!
As you can see in these pictures Fuego volcano which has returned to its normal activity level of several fumarole exhalations through the day. You know, I have a webcam laying around in the house, I am considering installing it on the west side of the house to have real-time vistas from the Fuego volcano … Read more
Almost a week later Fuego volcano decided to perform for us another pyromaniac show. This time I was near Tanque de La Unión when I was alerted by Nelo, Norman and Guy about the eruption and pyroclastic activity and luckily I had my camera gear with me. I decided to take on Nelo’s idea to … Read more
Last night I received a text message with the following orders: Get the camera and take photos of Volcán de Fuego; lots of lava and lighting storms. So, as instructed by Nelo, I took my camera, mounted it on the tripod and shot a few photos. I must say these were the largest eruptions I … Read more
It doesn’t matter how many times you have seen Volcán de Fuego erupting, each time is unique and special. Here’s my good friend @cvander taking a snapshot to share with his friends in Facebook. We were en route to the RENAP office in Ciudad Vieja when Fuego volcano began its eruption activity. Do you know … Read more
While some people prefer to make an extra buck, or a lot more extra bucks, here in La Antigua Guatemala some of us try to just live with what nature presents us. So, here is an experiment on a brief time lapse when the Volcán de Fuego erupted on September 14 while I was capturing the gorgeous sunset.
How can some people forget to live life?
text, photo and video by Arturo Godoy. Check out Arturo’s portfolio to purchase photos from his massive photographic bank.
Now, this is how I like my weather conditions. Talking about the weather, Guatemala’s Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, INSIVUMEH for short, has declared 2010 the year with most rains in the past 50 years; just like I said the other day, The Rainiest Year Ever. Now, consider that the next two … Read more
Some people have to wait until special occasions like Independence Day to see a fireworks show. Here in La Antigua Guatemala, thanks to Volcán de Fuego or Fire Volcano, quite often we get the opportunity to see a real fireworks. To me, it does not matter how often I see Fuego volcano erupting, every time … Read more