Deming: The Ever Changing World We Live In

This page will carry only current photos of the mountains changing and altitude charts.

Some very strange things are taking place in the World In Which We Live...Deming, New Mexico, USA.

Ann and I have been keeping track of the altitude from the same exact spot daily. Our altitude changes, sometimes daily, sometimes hourly.

Date	Altitude (ft) set to true elevation	Date	Altitude (ft) set to true elevation
March 01, 2007	4075	April 01, 2007	4039
March 02, 2007	4106	April 02, 2007	4014
March 03, 2007	3778	April 03, 2007	3940
March 04, 2007	3896	April 04, 2007	3894
March 05, 2007	3723	April 05, 2007	3989
March 06, 2007	3830	April 06, 2007	4042
March 07, 2007	3894	April 07, 2007	4032
March 08, 2007	4017	April 08, 2007	4042
March 09, 2007	3931	April 09, 2007	4156
March 10, 2007	3986	April 10, 2007	4174
March 11, 2007	3959	April 11, 2007	4122
March 12, 2007	3842	April 12, 2007	4313
March 13, 2007	4066	April 13, 2007	4217
March 14, 2007	4017	April 14, 2007	3879
March 15, 2007	3983	April 15, 2007	4093
March 16, 2007	3775	April 16, 2007	4183
March 17, 2007	3885	April 17, 2007
March 18, 2007	4057	April 18, 2007
March 19, 2007	4017	April 19, 2007
March 20, 2007	3946	April 20, 2007
March 21, 2007	4054	April 21, 2007
March 22, 2007	4066	April 22, 2007
March 23, 2007	4162	April 23, 2007
March 24, 2007	3971	April 24, 2007
March 25, 2007	3965	April 25, 2007
March 26, 2007	4011	April 26, 2007
March 27, 2007	4088	April 27, 2007
March 28, 2007	4196	April 28, 2007
March 29, 2007	3980	April 29, 2007
March 30, 2007	4094	April 30, 2007
March 31, 2007	3995

Below is an email Ann and I sent to South West Volcano Research Centre. Dr. Trombley is the Director & Principal Research Volcanologist. Dr. Trombley looked at our photos of the smoking mountains. Here is Dr. Trombley's reply...

It is not really too unusual to have some minor volcanic activity in your area. After all, I believe that your area is part of the Colorado Plateau and you are correct in the fact that there are many "dormant" volcanoes in your area. You are also correct in your statement that "dormant" does not mean "dead". Dormant simply means that the volcano is in repose. Usually when a volcano is "dead" we classified it as "extinct". But I can tell you first-hand that there have been occasions where extinct volcanoes have re-activated. Not too often -- but it does happen once in a great while.

I have looked at your website link and have concluded that you are probably witnessing some fumarolic activity and de-gassing. This is not unusual if there is some seismic activity near the volcanoes - which there probably is and is acting as a "trigger". I do not think that you have a volcano in the process of re-activation however. Without having a sample of the ash you have seen, I cannot comment realistically. But if you send me a small sample, I'll be happy to analyze it for you and let you know what we can find.

Again, many thanks for the e-mail and do keep us posted if there are further developments.

We are Dennis and Ann Bossack of Deming, New Mexico. We appear to have some minor volcanic activity from the mountains surrounding our home. This has been going on for quite some time now. We have small amounts of what seems to be ash that settle on our car, home and property. This is never enough to procure a good sample, but it does appear to be ash.

Here is a link to our web site with photos of the mountains. Please let us know what you think is happening here.

There is a month-by-month menu at the top of the above web page. If you would, please take a look at some of the past photos, too. We are looking forward to hearing from you. We do know that "dormant" does not mean "dead"...