Four things you will found on Ijen Crater (Kawah Ijen)
Mount Ijen is one of the volcanoes in Indonesia. Mount Ijen is located
on the border of Banyuwangi Regency and Bondowoso Regency, East Java,
Indonesia. Mount Ijen has a height of 2,386 meters above sea level.
Mount Ijen last erupted in 1999. One of the famous natural phenomena
of Mount Ijen is the blue fire (blue fire) formed by gas that meets
oxygen at the bottom of the crater. Visiting Mount Ijen can be started
from two places, Banyuwangi or from Bondowoso. This article will show
you there are four things you will found on Ijen Crater (Kawah Ijen).
Blue Fire
Ijen volcano has some of the highest sulfur levels in the world. Since
the sulfur can spit out "blue lava", it is unusual for a volcano. This
blue Fire is not real from lava. The light (Blue Fire) is actually the
light from burning sulfur gas. These gasses emerge from cracks in the
volcano at high pressures and temperatures---up to 600 C. When they
come into contact with air, they ignite, sending flames 5m high. Some
of the gas condenses into molten sulfur, which continues to burn as it
flows down the slope that looks like a lava flow.
The Blue Fire of Ijen Crater can only be seen at night. The best time
is between 2-4am, which is why you (Travelers) should start your tour
early, around 1 or 2am. The sight of the fire at night is so Beautiful
and amazing. Blue Fire phenomenon only occurs in Indonesia, especially
in Ijen Crater (Kawah Ijen).
Sunrise on Mount Ijen
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When the sun starts to appear, the blue fire cannot be seen but you
will be presented with a crater lake that is green tosca, the dominant
crater wall is yellowish white, calm lake water, smoke billowing from
sulfur mining mixed with fog, will eliminate everything your fatigue,
coupled with the warmth that begins to burst along with the rising
sun. Many people call it the natural phenomenon of the sunrise at the
tip of the island o
Sulfur Miners
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Mount Ijen is one of the famous sulfur mining activities in Indonesia.
You can see sulfur miners carrying two baskets made of bamboo filled
with yellow sulfur on their shoulders.According to a local tour guide
he said that there are about 50 miners every day. Ijen Crater sulfur
miners have been extracting sulfur here since 1968, they work at night
alongside a stunning blue fire for tourists to escape the hot sun.
Miners extract sulfur rock, which forms after a blue fire goes out and
leaves sulfur behind. They then carried this sulfur into a basket on
the side of the mountain to sell for their daily income.
Greenish Lake
We are presented with the beauty of the Greenish Ijen Crater lake
which is very beautiful from the top of the crater. The Greenish lake
in the volcanic crater of Kawah Ijen looks calm and stunning. However,
it is also the largest acid lake in the world. The water in the crater
lake has a pH of less than 0.3 on a scale of 0 to 14 (7 neutral). In
fact, it is acid that makes water green. Can you swim in Ijen Crater?
No, the lake was a 90 C sulfuric acid pool that no one lived in, and
which would be very dangerous for anyone swimming in it.
Let's find out how Ijen crater is !
