***The 9 Headed Volcano on the Ring of Fire

            One late afternoon while travelling home from the surrounding highlands of Ecuador, we came across this freshly tilled field with the Ancient Imbabura Volcano in the background.

Imbabura Volcano is part of the Southern Ring of Fire and as you can see, although it is one volcano ... there are many sprouting cones around the central core.  

It has not erupted in over 14,000 years but is not believed to be extinct ... it is just waiting.

Still for now, the surrounding land is incredibly fertile and farmers like to put up concrete blocks to keep out the riff-raff and see what they can grow :)

The locals refer to this landscape as "Papa" Imbabura and consider it the sacred protector of the region.

Ancient legends have Imbabura as the husband of Cotacachi, the Volcano that has recently erupted just outside of Quito.  When Cotacachi is snowcapped in the morning, then Imbabura has been with her in the night ...

On this particular afternoon, our evening meal was calling but the camera, who always knows best, forced us to stop and I had to comply as you know what happens when cameras don't get what they want ... it isn't pretty!

Apparently the black bovine didn't seem to care about the imminent threat of volcanic activity or a click in the darkness because some species take dinner more seriously ... :)

Taken in: Ecuador / Provincia de Imbabura / Doctor Miguel Egas Cabezas (Peguche) (show map)

Taken on: October 22, 2015

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