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LAST UPDATE: 9/27/07

Hola from the Arenal Observatory Lodge where the volcano is hot and the beer is cold. An excellent combination! We thought that the big eruption in March that signaled the change of the lava flow from the north slopes to our slopes on the south side of the volcano would be the big volcanic event of the year, but we were wrong. About 10am on September 18th, a portion of the south facing dome on the volcano collapsed and provided a fantastic show of almost continuous pyroclastic flows for more than eight hours and the night show that followed was just as spectacular. You can jump to the March Eruption or the September Eruption pages to view the flash galleries created with Adobe Lightroom (a great new program by the way) to share some of the action. I hope to get some video clips of the Sept. pyroclastic flows up soon on this web site.

With all the volcanic activity and the final push to get the house finished by the end of October, we've not had much time for wildlife photography. Once we get settled in though, we will be chasing all the poor critters around again.

I hope to begin adding updates to the Slozblog travel log before the end of the year. The log consists of a collection of short pieces centered on one group of critters with lots of photos. The last issue of the Slozblog Travel Log can be viewed by clicking on the underlined link and archives of previous Travel Logs can be found here. If you would like to be added to our Email notification list when a new issue comes out, just drop me an Email at photosloz@comcast.net with your Email address.

We are now using a great new slide show program from Photodex ( http://photodex.com/) called ProShow Producer that is a delight to use and makes a beautiful presentation. We have nine sideshows on the Slideshow Page . They all stream from this web site and downloading is no longer required.

Jeanie and I hope you are enjoying the crisp fall weather wherever you may be and hope to see you here in Arenal soon.

This shot was taken from the observation deck here at the Arenal Observatory Lodge
in the early morning hours of September 19th after the big eruption started the day before