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4 unbelievable aerial photos of Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano

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.

Costa Rica's Poás Volcano
(Courtesy of Raúl Mora and the National Seismological Network)
Costa Rica's Poás Volcano
(Courtesy of Raúl Mora and the National Seismological Network)
Costa Rica's Poás Volcano
(Courtesy of Raúl Mora and the National Seismological Network)

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