Volcán de Colima : an awaited webcam because of its explosive activity!

Par Bernard Duyck

Facebook announces the anniversary of Retuit and the webcam of Colima.

The World of volcanophily has a new webcam from January 16, with the installation of a public webcam at Volcán de Colima.

Installation results from sponsorship Retuit / Sky Alert / Sergio Tapiro foto ; she was installed at 12.5 km from Colima Volcano, in the Laguna de Carrizalillos in Comala, which enjoys spectacular views of this beautiful stratovolcano.

It is available via this link: http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/webcam-volcan-de-colima.html

Volcán de Colima - 16.01.2015 / 18h00 - Doc. webcamdemexico

This webcam was expected ... as reported by our friend Robin Campion, a volcanologist at UNAM and one of the leaders of the L.A.V.E. Belgium section to its business in Mexico, Colima seems to evolve since the end of last year to a more explosive mode.

After a first major explosion on November 21, the activity was followed by a sequence of successive explosions on December 24, accompanied by a plume of 2km.

On 3 January, the Global Volcanism Program reports an explosion in Colima, which generated a plume of 3km. and ash falls on an area up to 150 km NE of the volcano. More explosions are reported on 8 and 11 January, and a plume 12.

it's to the webcam to resume live observations ... with images of 16 and 17 January 2015.