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A spectacular rainbow formed over a volcanic lake as hikers reached the crater's edge in Indonesia. Footage shows the colourful arc stretching over the summit of Mount Ijen in East Java on June 28.
Domi, 29, and Thomas, 34, a couple from Slovakia, overlooking the lake at the Ijen crater in Java, Indonesia. The couple hiked by night to the top of the volcano crater.
Mount Bromo and Ijen hike guide from a first-time hiker. Misty sunrises, blue fire, and what it’s really like to hike two volcanoes in East Java.
Notably, the Ijen Crater exhibits a distinctive blue fire phenomenon, attributed to the reaction between sulfur and oxygen. While most volcanoes produce red or orange fire, the high sulfur ...
Kawah Ijen is an active volcano on the island of Java with an extremely acidic crater lake and gas emissions that produce blue flames upon contact with oxygen in Earth's atmosphere.
Mount Ijen crater lake. CNN. The crater lake is a milky blue, with fumes billowing across its surface. The water in the lake is warm to the touch and 200 meters deep.
With its wickedly steaming cyan lake, pulsing exhausts of burning sulphur and jagged peaks, Ijen Crater in East Java is entirely otherworldly. Miners endure the noxious gas of the crater to ...
The woman, identified as 31-year-old Chinese citizen Huang Lihong, was with her husband on a guided tour of Ijen -- a volcano park in East Java -- when she tumbled into the crater Saturday.
Ijen Crater, part of the Ijen UNESCO Global Geopark, is known for its striking blue fire—a rare phenomenon caused by the combustion of sulfuric gases upon contact with oxygen.