Is it possible to see the Nevado de Colima from the sea? The answer is yes, and these amazing photographs are the proof of it
The Nevado de Colima is one of the most important mountains in Jalisco for its biological relevance, and also the highest in the state, followed by the Volcán de Fuego, which is located next to it with its unpredictable fumaroles and incandescent belches.
The Nevado de Colima is visible from many parts of Jalisco, under certain circumstances. It is possible to find it from the hills of Ajijic. It is glimpsed as a peak beyond the sky from the elevated areas of Mazamitla. On clear days, traveling through the dry lagoon of Sayula, it is visible on the horizon as a blue and secluded colossus. From the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, it can also be found, but from the difficult heights of Cerro Viejo, in Tlajomulco, which in turn is the third highest hill in Jalisco.
The Nevado de Colima is one of the wonders of our state. It is not common to see snow in Jalisco. If the weather conditions allow it, the Nevado wakes up with its snowy summit, covered with frost among the rocks and pines. Year after year this becomes more and more atypical due to pollution, global warming, and the ecological changes that occur around the ancient mountain, caused by clandestine logging, the voracious spread of berries, and the uncontrolled and irresponsible cultivation of avocados to satisfy the appetite of the gringos.
Even rarer still is to see the Nevado de Colima from the coast, whose height exceeds 4 thousand meters above sea level. But, is this possible? Yes. On February 26, 2024, while the University Group of Research on Marine Mammals (GUIMM) sailed through the waters of Barra de Navidad following a humpback whale, they managed to see on the horizon beyond the sea and the mountains the summit of the colossus covered with snow. It was the Nevado de Colima.
It is not very common for this to happen, but it did: the lucky researchers were able to see the Nevado without obstacles of clouds, without atmospheric pollution, without marine turbulence, without haze between the mountains, and sailing in the middle of the sea. It is not the first time that the researchers of the GUIMM, who go many kilometers into the ocean in their work with the whales, locate the giants of rock, fire and snow from the waters.
In June 2020, but this time from the coasts of Tecomán, they photographed not only the Nevado, but also the Volcán de Fuego, portrayed beyond a cargo ship in an unforgettable postcard that, however, day by day becomes more and more strange due to the irreversible pollution that rarefies our world, and obstructs our visibility of the horizon and the sky.
Source: El Informador