Aerial view of Rincón de la Vieja before the November 1995 eruptions, in October 1995.
First press photo of Rincón de la Vieja in eruption, 7 November 1995. From "La Nación" newspaper, 8 November 1995.
Photo of Rincón de la Vieja in eruption, 8 November 1995. A broad eruption cloud, possibly with base surges, is visible in the background. Lahar deposits of earlier november 1995 eruptive events are in the foreground. Taken from "La Nación", 9 November 1995.
Lahar deposits near Rincón de la Vieja, after the first major eruptions on 7-8 November 1995.
Reports (in Spanish) and other images are available in the on-line version of Costa Rica's "La Nación" newspaper. Check the issues of
The URL for the new Rincón de la Vieja site is
http://www.utexas.edu/cons/geo/barker/kempter/rincon.html
This page was last modified 3 December 1995
More about Rincón de la Vieja can be found on a new homepage by Kirt Kempter of Univ. of Texas. This site contains info on the geologic setting, geology, eruptive history and hazards of Rincón de la Vieja. If new sites continue to pop up as frequently as they do in those last few days, everybody will have trouble keeping up with "other sites" lists... so as I do.
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