Amazing glowing blue flame volcano in Indonesia attracts hundreds of tourists

To the active volcano Ijen (Gunung Ijen) located in East Java (Indonesia) it is best to come late in the evening or in the dead of night. A beautiful day here, but little remarkable place with sulphurous lake, whose waters cast a pleasant turquoise color. And the activity of the volcano the view is no different from other volcanoes streams of smoke out of the ground and the red lava.

Also during the day you can watch both of volcanic rock the locals are manually extracted sulphur and are baskets with rocks on the path length over 3 km from the volcano to the processing plant. The real show here begins with the onset of darkness.

The thing is that in one of the craters of the volcano is a rare and unusual natural phenomenon, the exit surface of volcanic gases blue. Beautiful neon blue color is obtained by burning hydrogen sulfide with a temperature of 600 degrees Celsius. It is fantastic entertainment glow and attracts a lot of tourists. The most incredible thing is when the volcano starts to go blue lava.

Actually this is a common lava with burning hydrogen sulfide. Recently new images of the glow Idzhena managed to make 32-year-old Thai photographer Donnie Nugraha of Pratama. The Ijen volcano is one of the largest sulphur deposits in the world. The highest point of the volcano is located at the altitude of 2803 meters (stratovolcano Merapi), but glowing gases emanate from a much lower place.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»