Yesterday I went to Masaya to see a cobbler who makes gorgeous riding boots (he was out but I will call him on Monday). On the way back the light and the rainforest mist were just so evocative. As I came over the hill I found that the Santiago crater of Masaya Volcano was absolutely breathtaking and stopped and took this photo for you.
The Santiago crater has grown into existence since the Conquistadors came. It also erupts proper lava but its main daily output is thousands of litres of sulphur gas. It has lava visible at the bottom of the crater if you can see through the choking palls. During the dry season the sides are parched grey but now in the rains little green shoots have taken hold and it's an absolute portrait of the biological, atmospheric and geological processes that have made our fragile, fertile, fabulous world.
Hope you like it!
Love you
Marianne
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