Mexican Naval overflight of Popocatepetl… so that CENEPRED (the National Center for Disaster Preparedness) could get a look at the new lava dome forming inside the crater
Sombrero tip to Christine Potter
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The background of Mexican anti-clericalism and the "atheist" general who led the Catholic counter-revolution of the 1920s 128 pp., Editorial Mazatlán, 2012.
An oral history of the World War II experiences of Gilberto Bosques (1894 – 1997), Mexico 's Consul General in Marseilles, France, who saved tens of thousands from the Nazis. 36 pp. Editorial Mazatlán, 2007 $35 MXP (click the image)
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Incredible! Some 50 years ago, on a sparkling-clear morning’s flight from Mexico to Oaxaca, the pilot took the liberty of flying so close to Popo’s cone that you almost thought that a wing would touch the snow — & then circling it, while telling us all about the amazing feat of Cortez’ men climbing the volcano in 1521, & then repelling down into it to collect saltpeter with which to make gunpowder for the final assault on Tenochtitlan!