Explore Kawah Ijen in Indonesia, where blue flames light the night and miners face extreme conditions to harvest sulphur.

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Murahman, 47, a sulfur miner for 25 years, Nov. 4, 2014. Looming 2,799 m (9,183 ft.) above sea level, Gunung Ijen in Indonesia’s eastern Java is a volcanic wonder that attract hundreds of foreign and ...

We never thought we would find ourselves hiking to the center of an active volcano on the island of Java at two in the morning. But there we were, doing exactly that, along with our tour guide, five ...

INDONESIA -- I slept three hours before I stepped out of my hotel into the chilly night air; still tired but anxious for the long hike ahead. It was almost midnight, and our tour group was about to ...

East Java aims to retain Ijen Geopark’s Green Card status in the 2026 UNESCO Global Geopark revalidation, with authorities ...

Electric-blue molten streams run down the side of an Indonesian volcano, periodically bursting into blue flames that shroud the black night in otherworldly colors. This unique volcano, Kawah Ijen on ...

Ormat Technologies Inc. announced the commencement of commercial operations for the 35MW Ijen geothermal power plant, which is co-owned with PT Medco Power Indonesia. This facility is the first ...