Today, for the first time since we moved to our new house, we were able to see the top of Mexico City's volcanos. That is rather amazing because of all the smog here. (Yesterday the smog was so bad that all foreign vehicles were not allowed to drive.) Popocatépetl is the largest of the two volcanos at over 17,800 feet and is the volcano in the picture. Yes, that is snow at the top of the mountain. Last July, when Marcel was here, the volcano had about a 30 minute eruption that went for miles. The cross section chart of the Mexico City's topography is from north towards south. We live on a mountain to the right of downtown and the volcanoes are on the opposite side of the valley, to the left.
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