UFOs were also seen in 2012 and 2014 at the Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City, a place where mysterious giant beings have been seen climbing.. The younger volcano ,Volcan de Fuego or Volcan de Colima, is about 200 meters smaller and is located 5 km south of Nevado. Jalisco, Mexico. Colima's last large explosive eruption occurred on January 20, 1913 and lasted for only four days. Le volcan de Colima, au Mexique, est entré en éruption le lundi 29 août 2016. This is not the first UFO to be seen near Volcán de Colima. The Colima volcanic complex is the most prominent volcanic center of the Mexican Volcanic Belt. It consists of two southward-younging volcanoes, Nevado de Colima (the 4320 m high point of the complex) on the north and the 3850-m-high historically active Volcán de Colima at the south. In January 2015, a horse-shaped UFO was seen near the volcano. Two large eruptions on June 5 and June 6 prompted authorities to evacuate the communities closest to the volcano. The July 4th UFO may be the first to appear so close in time prior to a large eruption. Major slope failures have occurred repeatedly from both the Nevado and Colima cones, producing thick debris-avalanche deposits on three sides of the complex. Explosive, but short-lived Vulcanian and phreatic eruptions, as well as lava flows are the most common.A so-called lava dome often forms in the crater through the extrusion of highly viscous lava, which piles up over the vent instead of flowing down the flanks. Volcán de Colima is the most active volcano in Mexico, including a significant effusive eruption in 1991 and a weak explosive event in 1994. The Colima volcanic complex is the most prominent volcanic center of the western Mexican Volcanic Belt. Since May 24, six large eruptions have exploded from the volcano, dusting the surrounding country with ash. Volcán de Colima (short Colima) in Mexico erupted more than 50 times since the 16th century. Les images capturées par une webcam à quelques kilomètres du volcan démontre la puissance de l'explosion. The last Plinian-type eruption of Volcán de Colima, Mexico, occurred in 1913; this resulted in the removal of the top 100 m of the edifice and the deposition of a tephra layer that blanketed the slopes of the Colima Volcanic Complex (CVC). on Nevado de Colima, at the western end of the Mexican Neovolcanic Belt, indicate extremely low growth in 1913 and 1914, following the January 1913 Plinian eruption of Volcán de Fuego, 7.7 km to the south. Colima Volcano - John Seach. Volcán de Colima (also known as Volcán Fuego) is a youthful stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera, breached to the south, that has been the source of large debris avalanches. Geochemical monitoring of the volcano started in January 1996 with collection of fumarolic gases approximately every 3 months from two sites in the summit crater (Z3, ∼800°C, and Z2, ∼400°C). 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