Popocatépetl
Here is an absolutely beautiful image of Popocatépetl, an active volcano near Mexico City, whose name means ‘Smoking Mountain’. It is an enormous volcano, standing at 5,452 metres, making it the second highest peak in Mexico after another volcano, Pico de Orizaba (5,610m). There’s a good Aztec myth surrounding Popocatépetl too. From Wikipedia: Popocatépetl was a warrior who loved Iztaccíhuatl. Iztaccíhuatl’s father sent him to war in Oaxaca, promising him his daughter as his wife if he returned (which Iztaccíhuatl father presumed he would not). Iztaccíhuatl was told her lover was dead and she died of grief. When…