“Popocatepetl Volcano Eruption Captured in Rare Video with Lightning Ash Cloud on May 17th”

A burst more than popocatepetl was captured in video today may 17. In the recording you can see a ray that occurs in the cloud ash.

The visual spectacle generated by the bursthe ray and the cloud of ash it is seldom visible.

This morning, May 17, @webcamsdemexico reported: “Explosion of the #Popocatépetl #volcano this morning, with expulsion of incandescent material. Notice the lightning that occurs in the ash cloud. View #Tlamacas. Thank you #CENAPRED. Video”

Experts explain that it is important to monitor the popocatepetl 365 days a year by the number of people living near the colossus.

Millions of inhabitants are near the volcano, including the population of the states of Mexico, Puebla, Morelos, Tlaxcala and Mexico City.

An analysis of the morphology of the volcano and its geological evolution have shown that it is a volcano that has been active for more than half a million years and that it has presented various stages of growth.

the clouds of ash contain pulverized rocks, ash volcanic, gases such as sulfur dioxide, water vapor, chlorine and traces of other elements that are harmful to aviation, especially in the vicinity of the eruption where the concentrations are very high.

According to the most recent report from the National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED) in the last 24 hours, through the volcano monitoring systems popocatepetl155 exhalations were detected accompanied by water vapor, volcanic gases and ash.

Today there was a moderate explosion at 00:52 and a minor explosion at 02:59. In addition, 748 minutes were counted high frequency tremorand a volcanotectonic event.

In addition, CENACOM (National Center for Communication and Civil Protection Operations) reported a slight fall of ash in the city of Puebla and in the municipalities of Atlixco, Cholula and San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla.