A sudden thunderstorm passed over the popular tourist destination on Saturday at about 12:30 p.m. Before park rangers could clear the scenic overlook, lightning struck roughly 25 meters away from the three, Poás National Park Administrator Redy Conejo told The Tico Times.
Tourist access to Poás Volcano, Costa Rica’s second most visited national park, was reopened Tuesday after phreatic eruptions prompted the evacuation on Monday of tourists and park staff.
Tourist access to the Poás Volcano National Park in Alajuela was closed Monday morning as a preliminary measure after two explosions were recorded in the volcano's crater.
Costa Rica's National Seismological Network sent a photographer in a plane over Poás National Park, northwest of the capital, to capture these images of the contrast of vegetation inside and outside the volcano crater's boundaries.
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