Finally out in the field in Mexico!!!

Hola!

We finally had the opportunity to go into the field after a bunch of cancellations! woohoo!

We spent the night at the civil protection station, sleeping on bunk beds with tons of the workers. The next morning, we rode in the back of a pickup truck up to the volcano observatory. We were up 4000m and had a great view of the volcano...We were there to fix the infrasound station, take infrared images and to take COSPEC data to measure SO2 emission. Cool.

It was super exciting. Michelle had the 330am to 530am shift to watch for eruptions. She was pretty dead in the end. Marie-Claude didn't handle the elevation well, went to take a nap in the afternoon and woke up next to a pleasant middle aged man, Raul, who works at the civil protection centre (see picture).

Michelle in the back of the truck with Carlos, the computer wizard:


Michelle with the Cospec:


Marie-Claude and the volcano:


Good Ol' Raul (Wearing Michelle's toque and Marie-Claude's mittens):

An Eruption:
The field was great! So much delicious oatmeal and tea. It was pretty cold up there, but we're going to the beach this weekend to compensate.

We miss you guys

M&MC

ps. We saw Superman yesterday at the cinema. We forgot to ask if it was the original version...so we saw Superman in spanish yesterday at the cinema...