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« Nominations for the 2009 "Volcanic Event of the Year" | Main | Post Christmas Update »

Christmas Day Mystery Volcano Photo

Category: Class participationEruptions BlogMystery Volcano Photo
Posted on: December 25, 2009 12:01 AM, by Erik Klemetti

Here is your Christmas Day MVP ... points for identifying both of the volcanoes in the photo and why is this a good Christmas Day shot.

Current MVP Standings:
The Bobs - 3
Don Crain - 2
gijs - 2
Boris Behncke - 2
volcanista - 1
Lockwood - 1
Elizabeth - 1
Ralph - 1
Anne - 1
Cam - 1
gg - 1
Damon Hynes - 1
Marco - 1
Doug C. - 1

Good luck!
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1

cIxtacihuatl in the foreground and Popocatepetl in the background.

Posted by: Don Crain | December 25, 2009 12:51 AM

2

Lets try this again:

Ixtaccihuatl in the foreground and Popocatepetl in the background.

Posted by: Don Crain | December 25, 2009 12:53 AM

3

Lonquimay in the foreground, Tolhuaca in the background...Lonquimay erupted 20 years ago on Christmas...

I dunno, I figure it's a pretty good guess :p

Posted by: VolcanoMan | December 25, 2009 2:13 AM

4

No doubt Don is right ... the profile of Popocatépetl in the background is typical, you'll find it dozens of times if you type "Ixtaccihuatl Popocatepetl" as Google image search terms ...

Lonquimay actually erupted 21 years ago (25 December 1988), but of course much of the eruption was in 1989, continuing even into 1990. Me being "picky" again ...

and, finally Merry Christmas to everybody!

Posted by: Boris Behncke | December 25, 2009 4:10 AM

5

Good Christmas shot? SNOW! And maybe Santa shot it?! LOL A beautiful picture. I think I can see the one in the distance as Popo. So who was up there to take it?

Posted by: Diane | December 25, 2009 2:22 PM

6

Yep, gotta be the summit of Ixta, with Popo in the back.
Looks like when I was there back in the 80s, except Popo was not erupting then. But, why is it appropriate for Christmas?
This is a popular time for gringos to go south and join many Mexicans on the mountains...is that it?

Posted by: Mount Baker Man | December 25, 2009 4:20 PM

7

that sure is a different shoot of Popo if that is the case,I thought the volcano next to it was dormat.

Posted by: Chance Metz | December 25, 2009 10:56 PM

8

The only possible connection with Christmas I can think of is that Ixtaccihuatl is called the "White Lady" which might be construed as Mary. But I always thought it was discriptive of some Native American woman from the local legends.

Posted by: Lynn David | December 26, 2009 2:43 AM

9

As for the Christmas thing... it must be that the two volcanoes in the picture are the southernmost snowy peaks in North America, which gives Santa and the reindeer a cool spot to rest because they won't see another snowy peak on their way south until the get to Colombia. :) Yeah... that's gotta be it!

Posted by: Don Crain | December 26, 2009 2:53 AM

10

I defer to the experts on identification..but if a Christmas connection was a clue, I'd have said Chile's Lonquimay would have been a good bet, its last eruption started on December 25 1988...which would have made the eroded peak in the foreground Tolhuaca (sp?)

Posted by: mike don | December 26, 2009 10:01 AM

11

"Then one foggy Christmas day"

Posted by: Diane | December 26, 2009 12:38 PM

12

Make that "Christmas Eve"

Posted by: Diane | December 26, 2009 12:41 PM

13

Well, the Christmas clue makes little or no sense unless it's the Navidad crater on the side of Lonquimay (so the cone in background would be Lonquimay itself, or just possibly Llaima) - but it must have been taken after a snowstorm because there ain't that much snow in most pics of Navidad.

Posted by: Brisbane Jack | December 27, 2009 7:28 PM

14

I am assuming that the lack of a response from Erik means that nobody's right yet...so I will guess again:

Sabancaya (foreground)
Nevado Ampato (background)

And it's Christmassy because Sabancaya awoke from dormancy in December of 1986. It's a stretch, a lot less Christmassy than the Lonquimay eruption, but it's the best I've got.

Posted by: VolcanoMan | December 27, 2009 8:08 PM

15

McLoughlin and Shasta?

Posted by: George | December 27, 2009 8:59 PM

16

Idon't know the answer, but sure is not Lonquimay and Tolhuaca. The first is a very conical volcano, and it don´t look at this (and the most important, I'm from Chile and a I know the shapes of the volcanoes [if it is I have to meditate 5 years in the Himalaya]).

I will guess about why is relationated to Christmas: Erik (or another person) took the photo on Christmas and pat the day there.

Posted by: Guillermo | December 27, 2009 10:46 PM

17

The rugged surface of the foreground peak might be the top of a dome, which would offer several possible 'pairs', eg St Helens (photographed from the caldera rim) and Hood or Rainier, but I can't think of a Christmas connection

Posted by: mike don | December 28, 2009 4:14 AM

18

I'm going to guess that this shot is from the rim of Redoubt above the lava dome, looking towards Iliamna. Can't figure out what the Christmas angle might be, though.

Posted by: Cam | December 28, 2009 9:10 AM

19

I am going to take a wild guess...a real loooong shot.

Lassen and Shasta?

Posted by: Diane | December 28, 2009 1:19 PM

20

I've posted the answers and scoring this this MVP over on my post-Xmas update:

http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2009/12/post_christmas_update.php

Posted by: Erik Klemetti | December 28, 2009 1:25 PM

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This is a popular time for gringos to go south and join many Mexicans on the mountains...is that it?

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