The snow-capped peak of México's Popocatépetl stratovolcano rises above the Tlamacas region to its north. A faint plume rises from a deep summit crater. The sharp peak below the horizon at the right is Ventorrillo, the summit of the eroded Nexpayantla volcano that was a predecessor to Popocatépetl. Its steep cliffs expose the stratified, layered interior of a stratovolcano.

Photo by William Melson, 1968 (Smithsonian Institution)

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Galleries: Stratovolcanoes

Keywords: stratovolcano

Popocatépetl