Popocatapetl and Iztaccihuatl are the second and third highest mountains in Mexico, respectively, and are located about 43 miles southeast of Mexico City. From where we are located in the Northwestern part of the city, you can only see them about 2 weeks out of the year, due to the fact that you usually have to look through a thick cloud of smog as you look past downtown.
Today (Sunday), however, was one of the clearest days in Mexico City since we moved here 6 years ago. You could see both of the volcanoes clearly. I shot this from the foot bridge in front of the seminary on my Kodak Zi8 (Amazon affiliate link).
Volcanoes on a clear day
On February - 8 - 2010
iPhone Apps for Mexico
On June - 8 - 2009
I just came across this great post by Steven Roll about iPhone apps to take with you to Mexico.
I’d love to check out the metro one, especially. I think it would come in handy for me.
The Sit or Squat one looks like it could be useful, too.
Check out his list here.
(image by: William Hook on Flickr)
