Right now on Kodiak it is raining and 35 degrees. Not all bad because it is probably snowing above 500 feet, but nothing to take pictures of either. Decided to perk things up with a few pictures of volcanos that I have visited over the years.
Zoya, Nora and I visited Costa Rica and Arenal Volcano last year with our friends the Thorndikes. Arenal is an extremely active volcano and at night we watched red magma spilling down the sides. It has been in an almost constant state of eruption ever since it awoke from a long slumber in the 1960s and wiped out the village at its base. From this view it looks huge, but it is barely 5000 feet high - half the size of Shishaldin pictured below (but which looks much smaller). I guess snow cover warps one's sense of space while jungle and heat haze make stuff look majestic. No wonder Arenal is a must see for tourists visiting Costa Rica. (PGS)
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