Ijen Crater ( Blue Fire )

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Ijen crater is located between the border district of Banyuwangi and Bondowoso East Java Province . Is one of the volcanoes that are still active . Ijen mountain has 2,368 meters above sea level high . The crater itself is a lake of acid which has a depth of about 200 meters and the crater area of about 5466 hectares . Need climbing arround approximately 2 hours to get to the crater , but it was comparable to what can be obtained because the Ijen crater offers the charm of outstanding natural beauty , especially when watching the blue flame / Ijen BlueFire / bluefame phenomenal of Tourism Kawah Ijen .Crater with an area of 20 sq km caldera is surrounded by walls as high as 300-500 meters. In addition, the acid content that existed at the crater close to zero with temperatures reaching 200 degrees Celsius , which means water crater is enough to melt even the clothes the human body in a short time .
Ijen volcano is a complex consisting of the crater of Ijen and the high plains . This area is located in three districts namely Situbondo , Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. In the area of the volcano are sulfur mining , which indicates that the mountain is still active and activity. While at Ijen crater area , visitors can see the miners busy carrying piles of sulfur on their backs , down a steep and filled with toxic gases are dangerous.
Each miner sulfur in tourist Ijen crater carrying the burden on their shoulders , weighing between should be 75-90 kg , heading about 300 meters to the edge of the crater , the slope of the road from 45-60 degrees and then proceed on foot as far as 3 kilometers with the terrain decreases for weighed. In a day and the average miners 2 times transporting the sulfur from the crater of Mount Ijen.

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