Masaya Volcano, Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua

[sury]

This is a water filled crater, which has been inactive for few thousand years.
Laguna de Apoyo. Yours truly lugging the 70-400 and Missus. Behind the crater
is lake Nicaragua.



Masaya Volcano. The very first national park in Nicaragua. The sulfur fumes were very strong and we were limited
to about 5 minutes stay for our own sake. The crater was about 1000 meters from where we were standing.



Because of the fumes, we could not hike up the hill to the cross. The story has it (according to our guide) that the
natives would offer young boys/girls to "fire god" below to pacify; when Spaniards conquered the area, they put up a cross
and convinced the natives that this will serve the purpose and it seemed so far it has.

[Birma]

I get the sense of how bad the fumes are by the lack of any vegetation!

Let's hope they keep that cross in good repair

[Kalainen]

Interesting place for sure, Sury. I like the first picture because it shows you the scale of craters. Would love to visit a place like that!

-Toni

Ps. lucky to see you are still alive and kicking!

--
Toni Ahvenainen (1976)
Year of the Alpha - 52 Weeks of Sony Alpha Photography: http://www.yearofthealpha.com
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[sury]

Thank you Andy and Toni. It's good to be alive.

Sury