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Kawah Ijen volcano, blue flames and dangerous sulphur mining

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

Mount Semeru erupts multiple times, pyroclastic flows detected in East Java

JAKARTA: Indonesia's Mount Semeru located on the border of Lumajang and Malang regencies in East Java, erupted multiple times ...

Volcano in East Java erupts six times over one morning

Mount Semeru, located on the border of Lumajang and Malang regencies in East Java, erupted multiple times, sending ash columns up to 1,000m above its summit ...
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Drive a car to a volcano? It's possible on Java

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tangkuban Perahu is around 2,000 metres high and one of around 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. In the centre of the Ratu crater ...
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3 Volcano Experiences You Can't Miss in Java

Java, one of Indonesia's most culturally rich and geographically diverse islands, is a place of epic natural experiences-especially when it comes to volcanoes. Indonesia lies in the Ring of Fire, home ...
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Mount Semeru volcano erupts again in Indonesia

JAKARTA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Mount Semeru, located in Indonesia's East Java province, erupted again on Tuesday, spewing a ...

The Biggest Volcanic Event in Earth’s History Transformed an Entire Oceanic Plate

The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), located in the Pacific Ocean, formed around 110 to 120 million years ago through massive submarine volcanic eruptions. This event is considered the most extensive ...
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Mud volcano floods Java

For 3 months a sea of hot mud has been gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java, 35 kilometres south of Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya. The steaming mud pool is growing at an ...