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Feb. 
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10. At two in the afternoon the clouds that form in the crater drift toward 
the northeast, and with the dust raised by the winds they obscure the 
sun. One cannot see the volcano but one hears the noise as deep ex- 
plosions, In the night some bombs rise to a height of 1000 meters. 
It is a beautiful night. 
11. Gray vapors and noises in the crater. At ten the noises cease some- 
what and the column increases in size. There are moments when the thick 
column rises and then continues with less force, black and with deep 
noises. The day ends very cloudy. In the afternoon there is thunder 
13 kilometers to the northeast of the volcano. Today we had no strong 
winds or uust. 
12 The vents at the hornitos continues to throw out lava constantly with a 
—s— s— s— s and flows with many " luctua^ions oet^veen the volcano and 
Canijuato. Between these hiUs and that of Aratiro there is now a high 
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cedregal liem that almost reaches the high ridge that formed in June of 
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This terra is used for an expansive rock place, such as the surface of 
an old lava flow. 
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19437 A pedregal also flows toward the village of Paricutin, in the 
form of a broad and high mesa. It is another layer upon some other s 
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This ridge rose to a height of about 100 meters above the o± iginal 
terrain. 
that have passed this way before. The other, which stopped before this 
one. came to a halt about 5 kilometers northeast of the volcano in the 
plain of Incharintipacua. The noises in the crater are heard as lon^ 
and strong rumbles that last 5 or 6 minutes and cease* The vapors are 
not constant, sometimes they are simple, sometimes as strong eruptions 
