Kawah Ijen Crater

Taken June 4, 2009

Kawah Ijen volcano has a one-kilometer-wide turquoise-colored acid crater lake. The bottom left of the picture is the site of a labor-intensive sulfur mining operation.

EXIF data: model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, exposureTime 0.002 s (1/640) (1/640), fnumber f/7.1, isoEquiv 100, focalLength 16.00 (16/1)

Categories: Java, Landscapes

One comment to “Kawah Ijen Crater”

1. author: Mike Hodgson
   June 21st, 2009 at 10:35 pm

   I was sure I’d seen this place recently in The Big Picture, and sure enough… Great image Will – I can smell the sulfur in this shot from the comfort of my desk in Sydney.

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