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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(754 Treffer)
Pipe collecting hot sulfur steam that condensates to liquid sulfur dropping out. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffe... [info]
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(890 Treffer)
Photographing the acid crater lake (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(749 Treffer)
Erosion gullies in the inner crater walls (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(830 Treffer)
Altered ash deposits on the crater walls (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(317 Treffer)
Streams of molten sulfur (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(799 Treffer)
At the sulfur deposit (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(444 Treffer)
Miners spraying the sulfur deposits with water to cool them (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(1059 Treffer)
Miner breaking off pieces of solidified sulfur (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(343 Treffer)
Mine worker carrying baskets of sulfur uphill (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(338 Treffer)
Crater rim (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(543 Treffer)
Liquid sulfur dripping out of the collection pipes (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(320 Treffer)
Hot sulfur gas sublimates into a yellow steam (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(654 Treffer)
Walking on the southern crater rim of Ijen (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(414 Treffer)
The steaming sulfur deposits seen from above (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(864 Treffer)
Kawah Ijen in the early morning light (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(375 Treffer)
