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Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia

Kawah Ijen is one of the biggest open air mine sulphur in the world.
The man walk about 6 km each way, twice a day, carrying up to 90 kg of sulphur rock on their baskets between clouds of dangerous smoke.
It's like hell.
At the end of the day, with luck, they can win 7 USD!
In the region it's a great job because it gives you good money.
Queue for weighting the load
Queue for weighting the load		 Loading the truck
Loading the truck		 Queue for weighting the load
Queue for weighting the load		 The beginning of the way to the vulcan
The beginning of the way to the vulcan		 On the way to the mine
On the way to the mine		 On the way to the mine
On the way to the mine
On the top of the crater
On the top of the crater		 On the top of the crater
On the top of the crater		 On the top of the crater
On the top of the crater		 Too tired to keep going...
Too tired to keep going...		 The mine
The mine		 A moment of pause
A moment of pause
The long way up
The long way up		 Coming from the mine
Coming from the mine		 The mine
The mine		 The mine
The mine		 The long way up, among the chaos
The long way up, among the chaos		 The long way up
The long way up
The long way up
The long way up		 The long way up
The long way up		 Liquid sulphur
Liquid sulphur		 Francisca at the mine
Francisca at the mine		 A little extra money for a recuerdo
A little extra money for a recuerdo		 Loading the basket
Loading the basket
Our group at the mine
Our group at the mine		 The crater lake
The crater lake		 The mine
The mine		 Liquid sulphur
Liquid sulphur		 Our group in the mine area
Our group in the mine area		 The crater lake
The crater lake
Me at the crater lake
Me at the crater lake		 Apart from the smoke
Apart from the smoke		 Apart from the smoke
Apart from the smoke		 Looking for a new load
Looking for a new load		 Looking for a new load
Looking for a new load		 Cutting the sulphur rocks
Cutting the sulphur rocks
Cutting the sulphur rocks
Cutting the sulphur rocks		 Cutting the sulphur rocks
Cutting the sulphur rocks		 Sulphur mine, preparing the load
Sulphur mine, preparing the load		 The load is half way up
The load is half way up		 The load is half way up
The load is half way up		 Crater's breaks
Crater's breaks
On the rim crater
On the rim crater		 View from the rim crater
View from the rim crater		 Protected against the sulphur smoke of the mine
Protected against the sulphur smoke of the mine		 The mine sulphur from the rim crater
The mine sulphur from the rim crater		 The other side of the crater lake
The other side of the crater lake		 The boiling crater lake
The boiling crater lake
The sign of the crater
The sign of the crater		 On the crater rim
On the crater rim		 The first load on the top of the crater
The first load on the top of the crater		 Cutting the rock sulphur
Cutting the rock sulphur		 Empty baskets
Empty baskets		 The crater lake
The crater lake
Smoke hell
Smoke hell		 Sulphur rock
Sulphur rock		 Liquid sulphur
Liquid sulphur		 Going up
Going up		 Heavy load
Heavy load		 Steep way
Steep way
The mine
The mine		 The last task
The last task		 Sulphur lake
Sulphur lake		 Coming up, going down
Coming up, going down		 Sulphur collector coming up the crater
Sulphur collector coming up the crater		 Cutting the sulphur rocks
Cutting the sulphur rocks
Turquoise sulphur lake of Kawah Ijen
Turquoise sulphur lake of Kawah Ijen		 Sulphur miner working
Sulphur miner working		 Coming from nowhere
Coming from nowhere		 Almost there, a pause to recover
Almost there, a pause to recover		 Coming up from the sulphur mine
Coming up from the sulphur mine		 Sulphur mine
Sulphur mine
Suffocating fume
Suffocating fume		 Sulphur collector and sulphur cloud
Sulphur collector and sulphur cloud		 Loading the basket
Loading the basket		 Moment of despair
Moment of despair		 Walking away the smoke
Walking away the smoke		 The sulphur mine from the top of the crater
The sulphur mine from the top of the crater
The sulphur lake and dead trees
The sulphur lake and dead trees		 Queue for weighting the load
Queue for weighting the load		 Loading the truck
Loading the truck		 Early morning, the first load
Early morning, the first load		 On the top of the crater
On the top of the crater

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Milan Vogrin PM reply 10-Apr-2011 11:27
Very nice images!V!
andrewcribb PM reply 18-Mar-2011 18:01
Excellent documentary account. The smell of sulphur is memorable if ever one has smelt it at that strength!
Pedro Libório PM reply 07-Nov-2010 23:53
impressionante!!!
voto.
kennygan PM reply 24-Aug-2009 18:39
Wow wonderful places, great shots
michael 26-Feb-2009 20:06
i like the old man with no shirt on ;]
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