The Dome Team dons dust masks before heading into the 1902 Sta Maria crater to install seismo-acoustic stations on the domes.
Me on El Brujo dome with Sta Maria and the 1902 crater behind.
Me helping Jeff Johnson install a seismo-acoustic station.
Jeff Johnson, happy to be heading down off the domes and up to the summit of Sta Maria.
Me and Sta Maria.
Funky ash formations and a heavy pack.
Omar perched on a spine of dacite.
Summit camp on Sta Maria.
Santiaguito is down there somewhere...
There is it! Finally the clouds clear and we can see a small explosion.
Sun just begins to illuminate the top of the Caliente vent of Santiaguito.
Explosion from Santiaguito.
Doppler radar anchored safely by Alex Gerst of Hamburg University. He was using this equipment to get exit velocities of material from the vent.
Explosion curling in front of us.
Nick Varley (U of Colima), Alex Gerst (U of Hamburg), John Lyons (MTU), and Richard (New Mexico Tech) (from left).
Alex and me looking at the radar data.
Sun through the ashfall.
Close-up of the vent surface of the active Caliente vent of Santiaguito.
Nick Varley high above the domes.
Jeff Johnson loving the view.
Jeff filming explosions.
Explosion cloud drifts above camp.
Beautiful explosion from Santiaguito.
Nick and Jeff dwarfed by the 1902 Sta Maria crater.
Incandescence from an early morning explosion (photo from Alex Gerst).
Sunlight, starlight, city lights, and incandescence from the dome.
