15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
ijen crater

Ijen volcano has a one-kilometre-wide turquoise-coloured acidic crater lake. The lake is the site of a labour-intensive sulfur mining operation, in which sulfur-laden baskets are carried by hand from the crater floor.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Indonesia
Camera: NIKON D810
Copyright: © INES MADRAZO DELGADO