Welirang volcano (East Java) photos:
The overlapping lava domes and craters of Welirang and older Arjuno volcano in the background
Bread-crust bomb from the 1952 eruption on the crater rim
The most recent crater on the summit of Welirang
Bomb on the SW flank
The fumarole field on the SW flank
Shadow of Welirang at sunrise
Fumarole vent and sublimated sulphur deposits
Wax-like deposits from liquid sulphur
One of many fumarole vents on the SW flank
Quarrying sulphur
Whadow of Welirang at sunrise
Sunrise from Welirang volcano
Quarrying sulphur
Sulphur stalactites
Carrying sulphur out of the fumarole area
Bags filled with sulphur are dragged along the dusty trail on wooden carts
Piles of crushed raw sulphur in the miners' village
Simple huts where the sulphur miners live temporarily during their 5day shifts
Sulphur pile
Village in the mist
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