While the blue flames of Kawah Ijen have put this remote volcano on the global map, increased tourism has raised concerns about environmental degradation and safety regulations. Authorities have ...
When you’re in the mine, the sky is covered by gases. Day and night are confused. You feel suspended in time. Sunarto, 41 years old, carries a load of sulfur out of the Kawah Ijen crater.
In the eastern reaches of Java, Indonesia, the Kawah Ijen volcano stuns the world with a spectacle of neon-blue flames ...