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Picture of the day - April 29, 2005
Costa Rica's Arenal Volcano
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Today's photo features Amy & Gene looking up in awe at Costa Rica's very
active Arenal Volcano during their recent Costa Rica
vacation.
Arenal's typical cone-shaped volcanic mountain rises approximately 5,000 feet
above sea level, but it's impossible to assign a definitive height to the peak
because volcanic activity changes it fairly often.
At some 4,000 years old, Arenal Volcano is relatively young as volcanoes go. The last major eruption shook the Costa Rican
countryside on July 29, 1968, after having lay dormant for 400 years. On that day almost 90 people perished along with lots of wildlife and tons of crops. Since then Arenal has been active constantly,
occasionally belching sulphuric smoke, rocks and volcanic ash high into the air and onto the surrounding
area.
In short, unlike Costa Rica's Poas
Volcano, Arenal is a living, breathing, very active volcano... and a site
not to be missed when you take your own Costa Rica vacation!
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