Ijen volcano: crater lake & sulphur mining
Photos of Kawah Ijen, the acid turquoise crater lake, sulfur deposits, the mining operation and workers at the site carrying baskets full of raw sulfur.
Sulfur miner carrying basket with approx. 70 kg of pure sulfur blocks (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(744 Treffer)
Pipe collecting hot sulfur steam that condensates to liquid sulfur dropping out. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffe... [info]
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(879 Treffer)
Photographing the acid crater lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(743 Treffer)
Erosion gullies in the inner crater walls (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(819 Treffer)
Altered ash deposits on the crater walls (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(310 Treffer)
Streams of molten sulfur (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(785 Treffer)
At the sulfur deposit (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(438 Treffer)
Miners spraying the sulfur deposits with water to cool them (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(1046 Treffer)
Miner breaking off pieces of solidified sulfur (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(338 Treffer)
Mine worker carrying baskets of sulfur uphill (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(328 Treffer)
Crater rim (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(532 Treffer)
Liquid sulfur dripping out of the collection pipes (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(317 Treffer)
Hot sulfur gas sublimates into a yellow steam (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(645 Treffer)
Walking on the southern crater rim of Ijen (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(405 Treffer)
The steaming sulfur deposits seen from above (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(859 Treffer)
Kawah Ijen in the early morning light (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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