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Indonesia: Ijen Volcano Photos

Sulphur mine at Ijen volcano, East-Java, Indonesia The turqoise acid crater lake of Ijen volcano, East-Java, Indonesia


Volcanoes of Indonesia: Ijen (August 2005)

Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia: sulphur deposits inside the crater. Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia: sulphur deposits and the sulphur mine inside the crater. Pipe with sublimizing sulphur (Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia)
Pipes drilled into the fumaroles collect sulphur steam that condenses and sublimizes at the pipes' exit.
Liquid sulphur dropping out of one of the pipes, forming a red sulphur pond. The fumarole area ("the kitchen") and the turquoise acid lake. Ijen volcano, East-Java, Indonesia. Sulphur miner carrying up to 100 kg of solid sulphur on his shoulders. Ijen volcano, East Java, Indonesia
Liquid sulphur dropping out of one of the pipes, forming a red sulphur pond. The fumarole area ("the kitchen") and the turquoise acid lake.

Sulphur miner carrying up to 100 kg of solid sulphur on his shoulders.

Weathered ash slopes of Ijen's crater. Ijen volcano's crater rim Slopes of Ijen volcano's crater
Weathered ash slopes of Ijen's crater. Crater rim of Ijen volcano. Deep erosional cuts in the solft ash deposits of Ijen.
Panoramic view of Ijen volcano's crater. The fumarole area and the crater lake of Ijen volcano Looking onto the lake (Ijen volcano).
Panoramic view of Ijen volcano's crater. The fumarole area and the crater lake. Looking onto the lake.

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See also: Ijen in 2004