Java volcanoes seen from Airplane on the flight to Surabaya |
local houses |
typical rice-fields |
rice-farming |
local transportation methods |
steaming Kawah Ijen before ascending |
Kawah Ijen crater lake seen from the rim |
blue burning sulfur flares |
sulfur field with gas and steam rising above the crater |
blue burning sulfur flares |
Richard photographing blue burning sulfur flares while threatening his lung |
mythical blue light shining through the gas |
blue flares, but no burning flow anymore due to excessive mining |
view back while ascending back to the rim |
view back while ascending back to the rim |
view back while ascending back to the rim |
above the clouds-sleeping near the crater rim |
early morning view into the crater |
acid lake detail |
workers collecting sulfur |
worker breaking sulfur deposits into pieces |
workers in front of gas-wall |
carrying up to 80kg sulfur per worker |
liquid sulfur river |
sulfur stalagtites |
acid lake and sulfur deposits |
Pipes for condensating sulfur gas |
Drums for condensating sulfur gas |
liquid sulfur river |
sodified deposits from sulfur droplets |
sulfur stalagmite |
sulfur stalagtites and stalagmites |
worker breaking up sulfur, carrying basked nearby |
sodified sulfur runlets |
collecting sulfur for transport |
sodified sulfur runlets |
sulfur stalagtites |
pool of molten sulfur with impacting droplets |
acid lake with sulfur deposit |
collecting sulfur for transport |
collecting sulfur for transport |
carrying sulfur |
collecting sulfur for transport, unbelievable gas density |
carrying sulfur |
workers with sulfur baskets climbing the craters wall |
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panoramic view with photographers to the right |
our campsite |
weighting freshly carried sulfur |
weighting sulfur |
back to the coast of Java-fresh air... |
