Photos by Carlos Plummer 1959-2005:
Teotihuacan. Pyramid of the Moon as seen from the top of Pyramid of the Sun. 2000.
Beth Strasser on Pyramid of the Sun. 2000
Near Teotihuacan. Beer drinking burro. 1968
Ixtaccihuatl as seen from Amecameca. 1959
Ixtaccihuatl.
Note the sleeping lady profile, with snowy head to left. Popocatepetl in distance.
2000
Popocatepetl seen from climbers shelter on Ixtaccihuatl. This is ~ 16,000 above sea level and most of the team had severe altitude sickness on this ascent of the mountain. October or November, 1959
Photo
from the lowest summit of Ixta, the knees (Las Rodillas) of the sleeping lady.
1959
Ixxtaccihuatl
Summits. 1959
Pico
de Orizaba (Citlapetl) seen from Ixtaccihuatl at sunrise. It is some 80 miles
away. It is the highest of Mexico's volcanoes and the 3rd highest mountain in
North America (after McKinley[Denali] in Alaska and Mt. Logan in Canada). 1959
The
summit of Pico de Orizaba (Citlapetl). I had reached the summit about 10 minutes
earlier and got this shot of my companions (Gary Hemming & Sterling Neale)
collapsing as they reached the summit. Hurricane in the Gulf meant miserable winds
(clouds in background). Lack of oxygen made it tough. Crater is to the left. Fall,
1959
Popocatepetl
on road back from Orizaba. 1959
Ixta (foreground) with normal cloud over it (its not erupting) and Popo (with minor ash eruption). The smoke indicates that Popo had just chosen a new Pope. 2000.