• Poas Volcano - Poas Volcano stands at an impressive 2,708 meters above sea level. Since 1989, there has been a significant increase in gas emissions, leading to acid rain that has affected the flora in certain areas of the park and nearby agricultural lands. At its summit, there are two craters: the main crater, which is 1.5 km in diameter and 300 meters deep, and the Botos Lagoon, a cold water body fed solely by rain, which drains into the Caribbean via the Angel River, a tributary of the Sarapiqui River. Currently, the volcano releases a substantial amount of gas and water vapor from various fumaroles located within the inner cone of the crater. Several other volcanoes have been identified in the area, including Chompipe at 2,259 meters above sea level, Turu at 2,139 meters, Cerro Cacho Negro at 2,250 meters, and Barva, which features several craters, with the well-known Tres Marias averaging an altitude of 1,725 meters.

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Poás volcano is a powerful symbol of the geothermal forces that formed Costa Rica. When the mist and clouds part you’ll see the sulfuric, bubbling, green rain fed lake at the bottom, surrounded by smoke and steam rising from fumaroles. Water from the lake is constantly seeping through cracks in the hot rock, evaporating and building pockets of steam.

When the pressure in these pockets exceeds the weight of the water above, the steam breaks through in geysers that rocket up to 820 feet (250 meters) high. Don’t worry about getting a shower though, the crater is 1,050 feet (320 meters) deep. At almost a mile (1.6 km) across it’s also the largest active crater in the world. New safety features have been added to protect visitors in case of particularly heavy activity.

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