Volcán de Parícutin, Michoacán, Mexico

Volcán de Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. The volcano is unique in the fact that its evolution from creation to extinction was witnessed, observed and studied. It appears on many versions of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

San Juan Parangaricutiro Church tower and lava around it (Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

San Juan Parangaricutiro Church

Volcán de Parícutin erupted and the lava buried 2 villages. Finally the lave reached and flew over the graves around San Juan Parangaricutiro Church. But leaving the church tower and altar untouched.

San Juan Parangaricutiro Church remains (Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

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Veracruz, Mexico

(Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

Veracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located in the central part of the state, 90 km (56 mi) from the state capital Xalapa.

Veracruz is Mexico’s oldest, largest, and historically most significant port since European colonization.

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Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico

(Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

The Lake Pátzcuaro basin is home to the P'urhépecha people. It is the heartland of the Tarascan state, which rivaled the Aztec Empire before the Spanish conquest.

The natives believe that the lake is the place where the barrier between life and death is the thinnest.

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Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Beautiful Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. Picture taken at San Pedro la Laguna (Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

Lake Atitlán is a fairly large lake for the elevation (1,562 m) in the Guatemala highlands. It is technically endorheic (lacking direct flow to the sea) but substantial seepage feeds two nearby rivers.

Sunrise over Lake Atitlan. Picture taken at Indian's Nose (Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

Atitlan is recognized to be the deepest lake in Central America with maximum depth about 340 metres (1,120 ft). The lake is shaped by deep escarpments which surround it and by three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Antigua.

Panoramic view of lago atitlan. Picture taken at Indian's Nose (Picture taken by Gary, KGH).

The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed in an eruption 84,000 years ago.

The area supports extensive coffee and avocado orchards and a variety of farm crops. The lake itself is rich in animal life which provides a significant food source for the largely indigenous population.

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