An ash plume towers 6 km above Parícutin on 24 March 1943, a little more than a month after the start of the eruption. The photo was taken from 3 km N in Tititzu and shows the advancing front of the Mesa del Corral lava flow in the middle ground, with the rim of the scoria cone behind it.

Photo by William Foshag, 1943 (Smithsonian Institution, published in Foshag and Gonzáles-Reyna, 1956).

This image is made available under the Public Domain Dedication CC0 license, but proper attribution is appreciated.

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