Popocatépetl, Mexico, June 30, 2009

Year: 2009 (June 30, 2009)

11″ x 8.5″

Media: Canon® Pro Platinum High Gloss Photo Paper

Printers: Canon® PIXMA

Color

Art: Photo

Artist: Luc Paquin

Popocatépetl

Toponymy

The name Popocatépetl comes from the Nahuatl words popoca ‘it smokes’ and tepetl ‘mountain’, meaning Smoking Mountain. The volcano is also referred to by Mexicans as El Popo. The alternate nickname Don Goyo comes from the mountain’s association in the lore of the region with San Gregorio (St. Gregory), “Goyo” being a nickname-like short form of Gregorio.

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