Let’s Celebrate 16th Years of Daily Life Photographs from Antigua Guatemala and its People

Let’s Celebrate 16th Years of Daily Life Photographs from Antigua Guatemala

It was on May Day 2006 that I began sharing daily life vistas from Antigua Guatemala at my blog for the colonial city: AntiguaDailyPhoto.com with all of you and the rest of the world. The goal was to show how is daily life in the most emblematic colonial town located in the highlands of northern … Read more

Real Palacio de los Capitanes and Volcán Fuego Eruptions

In the background you can see one of the many constant eruptions of Volcano Fuego adding some tension to a picture of tranquility. For 231 years the Real Palacio de los Capitanes was the headquarters of the Spanish army “defending” Central America. Built in 1543, as most edifies around the main square, the Palacio de … Read more

Sunrise over Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes

Does anyone know why lenticular clouds always pose themselves on top of the volcanos. I believe that if you browse the Volcanoes category, you will find many more posts with pictures of clouds capping the volcanoes. Take a photographic tour through the AntiguaDailyPhoto volcanic archives.

Fuego volcano eruptions at night captured from Antigua Guatemala

Fuego volcano eruptions at night captured from Antigua Guatemala

Here I share with you the most recent Fuego volcano eruptions from the night of October 29, 2016, captured from my balcony in the village of San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala. There’s also a short video clip showing the continous lava flows from the eruptions of Volcán Fuego. The volcanic activity was like this … Read more

Volcán Fuego is such a show off

Volcano Fuego eruption as seen from Antigua Guatemala by Rudy Giron

Here’s a photograph of Volcán Fuego latest large eruptions on Friday and Saturday. As many of you know, volcano Fuego, the active volcano located southwest of Antigua Guatemala, is constantly active with minor eruptions throughout the day. Often enough, though, Fuego goes into show off mode, sending lava and ash high up into the sky. … Read more

Porno For Pyromaniacs in Antigua Guatemala

Porno For Pyromaniacs by Paul Berger Lou

Volcán de Fuego is quite active again. These images of Fuego’s latest eruptions were taken by Paul Berger Lou last night around kilometre 83 on Ruta Nacional 14, RN14 or Road 14, more or less near Alotenango. With these two pictures you can get a sense of how active Fuego volcano can be and how … Read more

Framing Fuego’s Eruptions

Volcán Fuego has been unbelievably active in recent months. Last energetic eruption period was on Ash Wednesday with almost 24 hours of uninterrupted eruptions cause earth vibrations and sonic booms within 30 kilometres. Literally, we had an Ash Wednesday in Antigua Guatemala and other surrounding communities because the winds were blowing our way. My new … Read more

The Exhibitionist Fuego

The last few months, starting with the dry season, have been months of high volcanic activity for Fuego volcano, the most exhibitionist mountain in Guatemala. Yesterday the eruptions were so powerful that lava rivers were thrown in to the air, 500 to 1000 meters above the crater. If you were in Antigua Guatemala, you were … Read more

How to Keep an Eye on Volcán Fuego Most Recent Activity

Volcán Fuego is quite active again with continuous eruptions and thunders and growls all night long. Here’s a picture of one the eruptions at sunrise. Of course, if you really want to see the up-to-the-minute activity picture, visit the INSIVUMEH’s monitoring station. They also keep a time-lapse video feed from the night activity at this … Read more