To celebrate his wife’s birthday last year, Canadian photographer Larry Louie took her to a sulfur mine. That wasn’t the plan—their original itinerary was in Bali. But after a couple of days in that ...

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TEMPO.CO, Banyuwangi - The East Java chapter of the Natural Conservation Agency [BKSDA] has issued a circular announcing the reopening of Mount Ijen as of the early hours of Friday, April 6, 2018. The ...

It has been more than 64 years since Mount Ijen last erupted, but the volcano is still very much alive, and it is being mined by some of the toughest men in the world. They begin work shortly after ...

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 ...

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Mount Ijen’s gorgeous vistas have captivated travelers for centuries, but in recent years, its sulfur mine has become a controversial tourist attraction. Thirty-six-year-old Hadis has been a full-time ...

TEMPO.CO, Bondowoso - The intensity of gas burst at the Mount Ijen crater has reportedly lessened and returned to normal. The head of Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG), Gede ...

JAKARTA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30 people have been harmed after breathing air containing toxic gas spread from a crater of Mount Ijen volcano in East Java province of western Indonesia, a ...

It has been more than 64 years since Mount Ijen last erupted, but the volcano is still very much alive, and it is being mined by some of the toughest men in the world. They begin work shortly after ...