Momotombo volcano is located on the north shore of Lago de Managua, Nicaragua. Its magestic conical edifice is 1,297 m (4,255 ft) high and capable of eruption with devastating effect. In 1610, the old city of Leon was abandoned after a massive eruption, and powerful eruptions also occurred in 1886 and 1905. The volcano reawakened in 2015 and the video, which includes the first nighttime colour animation of an explosive event and also daytime footage, documents the presently sporadic explosive activity in the early hours of the morning and after sunrise on 21 February 2016.
The location east of the volcano from which the footage was taken is only reachable by a network of dirt tracks.

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