KRAKATAU (Java) 17.5.-25.5.
Old and new lighthouse
at Javas NW coast |
Krakatau seismic monitoring station near Carita
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Loading the rented boat
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Anak Krakatau-First impression |
Ash cloud with rocks |
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Landing at Rakata beach |
Night view from Rakata |
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Ash cloud after big eruption |
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Boat-based viewing |
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Rocks impacting near the boat... |
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First evening landig at Anak island, view back to Rakata |
Strombolian activity, observation point 700m from the crater rim |
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Bomb which landed 20m from our site |
Same bomb in daytime |
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Ash cloud lightning |
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Crater walls under fire |
Daytime view from observation point |
Ferns are growing despite of flying bombs |
View back to Rakata and waiting boat |
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Rakata beach |
Again views from Rakata beach |
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Gecko above our camp |
Our kitchen |
Rakata-monitor lizard |
Monitor lizard |
Remains of 1883 eruption |
W-coast of Rakata |
Again boat based observations |
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Second night landing at Anak Krakatau |
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Ash ring formation |
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Big lava arc |
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Summit wall collapse |
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Detail of shredded lava |
Lava rich eruption with strong, echoing noise |
Car sized lava piece |