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1946 
Dec. 22 The vapor column drifts toward the north, and the crater continues its 
noise. The noise today shows the force with which the vapor leaves and 
how at moments they cease. It is because the vapors choke in the throat 
and calm the noises for two or three seconds, then recovering it forms a 
silent eruption with a puff of vapor that rises as a white pillar. At 
10 in the morning the winds begin to blow from the west raising clouds of 
dust. At 12 P. K. the thin clouds join with the dense dark clouds and it 
drizzles intermittently all during the afternoon. The winds cease and only 
the dark clouds persist. In the afternoon, a rainy sunset. In the night 
the crater occasionally throws up some incandescent bombs, falling on the 
east flank of the cone. 
" 23 In the morning the sun is clear, although the vapor column drifts toward the 
northeast. At 8, the sun is obscured by a curtain of vapor that must come 
from the crater because there are no clouds in any other direction. At 10 
clouds begin to appear in various directions of the region, at the same time 
the winds from the west gather together the clouds. 
The vapor from the crater inclines lowly to the northeast, rising without 
ceasing for a moment its noise. At 6 in the evening, the strong winds cease. 
In a moment, at this hour, the column changed toward the west and as the sun 
penetrated the column it made a yellow sunset, leaving black clouds to the 
east and north. 
" 24 Always it dawns with blue skies, without a cloud. Only the vapor from the 
crater forms a curtain mist that crosses a long distance toward the northeast. 
At 9 in the morning some small clouds appear to the south of the volcano. 
At 2 in the afternoon, strong winds carrying much dust to the east, begin to 
blow and the clouds join as always to form black clouds toward the east as 
if it wants to rain. At 6 P. M. the column changes toward the south and 
remains there all night. Parely is an incandescent bomb thrown from the 
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