demonstrating vorteces

Quito - volcanoes and vorteces - volcanes y vorteces

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September 9th 2012
Quito (see first photo) was another high altitude city partly surrounded by mountains and volcanoes. One of the nearby volcanoes covered the city in ash in 2006. I also visited the nearby Pululahua volcano (see second photo) which last errupted about 20,000 years ago at 3:30 in the afternoon. The floor of the crater, which is 5km wide, has since partly filled with soil and there are now farms i ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more