Volcán Masaya is located near Masaya, Nicaragua. The volcano is still active, although there have been only two lava eruptions since 1600. However, it still belches out rocks and constantly perfumes the air with sulfer dioxide gas, so much so that it can be hard to breath near the top of the observation point, which is marked with a cross in the third photo. Climbing up to the observation point, I was coughing and gasping for air. I tried to take a picture across the volcano (photo 2), but there is so much gas that you can't see much. In the first photo, you can look down into the crater a little, and also see the parking lot. Notice that all the cars are parked facing away from the volcano. This is in case of an emergency so that everyone can evacuate quickly. I think that my traveling companion Edgar might have better photos of the volcano; if so, I'll try to post some of his so that you get a better idea of what it looks like.
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