Paricutin Volcano

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Top contributor Postandfly created this fascinating drone video of one of the geological wonders of Mexico: the Parícutin volcano. Located in the state of Michoacán, it's one of the world's most famous cinder cone volcanoes, a subtype which arises from eruptions through a single vent that's usually part of a larger volcano. Parícutin was born in an eruption that began in 1943 and continued for about nine years, although this type of volcano will not erupt again. This video won DVOW in August, 2019.

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On February 20, 1943, in the village of Parangaricutiro, began to tremble, the earth opened and a steam began to emanate, and the youngest volcano in America was born. The duration of the activity was 9 years, 11 days and 10 hours. The lava traveled 10 kilometers. There were no human victims. The volcano buried two villages: Paricutín and San Juan Parangaricutiro (Parhikutini and Parangarikutirhu in Purépecha). The first was totally erased from the map and the second town, only part of the church is visible, buried by lava where the tower and the altar stand out. It is a monogenetic volcano so it has no risk of erupting again but it continues to show activity in the form of steam.