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Inside the crater of the the Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, miners hammer out a living in the noxious sulphur fumes which expose them to a high risk of respiratory diseases. The Ijen volcano ...

Kawah Ijen, located in East Java, Indonesia, is one of the most extraordinary volcanic sites in the world. Known for its ...

BANYUWANGI, Indonesia: If there’s a place on Earth that could be snapshot of another planet from distant space, this is it. With its wickedly steaming cyan lake, pulsing exhausts of burning sulphur ...

While this eerie landscape may look more akin to a distant planet or star, these pictures of a volcano spewing blue lava were captured in Indonesia courtesy of one of Earth's most spectacular natural ...

Deep down inside Kawah Ijen’s volcanic crater, liquid sulphur exudes from steaming fissures. The surrounding landscape is jagged and lunar, like the setting of a sci-fi movie, and the silence is ...

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Climbing down to Kawah Ijen in the early morning hours is like descending through a time portal. Surrounded by sulphur fumes as blue fire ignites, it’s as though you have stepped back into the ...

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