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Ijen Cauldron represent biggest lake cauldron in Banyuwangi east Java. Its located on high plateau of a dormant vulcanoe. Brimstone Cauldron stay in nature draught which is in. Its deepness 200 m and contain about 36 million meter cubic irrigate understeam, blanketed of fog smell sulfur circulating above its. The acidity of the Lake is high, close to 0.2. In cauldron, various size measure and colour detectable stone. Really, cauldron Ijen represent beautiful stone garden. View all brimstone mineworker which up-down cauldron very amaze.
Ijen produce the suphur that mined traditionally. Men bring yellowish stoney on him shoulder, diging brimstone, fluctuate, decreasing bevel before burden sold auction. Peoples earn 3 US per day to carry 85 - 110 kg of a day hard work. That'S natural view cauldron Ijen which can be seen every dayA View of spektakular lake of green chromatic tosca at height about 2400 mdpl.
The lake like residing in cauldron with wall of Caldera as high as 300-500 metre. A top of the mountain boost to other side. White smoke from one of cauldron soar into the air, making of it contrast environmentally is vinicity which the jade of chromaticIjen Cauldron have been publicized and famous in French of through displaying Ushuwaia Adventure showing Nicolai Hulot a cruiser, sit the above boat of rubber tell a story about genesis of lake Ijen with degree of acidity of zero, owning deepness 200 metre and volume almost 40 million meter cubic, one of lake of biggest cauldron in the world. Its acidity is strong enough to dissolve clothes and fingers. view of Bird view camera of that helicopter then change over to edge of caldera showing mineworker of cauldron of ijen is struggling to mount to shoulder tens of kilogram of its payload.
Ijen Cauldron to be visited by through Banyuwangi.
Prima facie of unique from Ijen Cauldron apart at his panorama is very beautiful is seeing mining of traditional brimstone transported by shouldered a manpower. this Traditional mining it is said only just there are in Indonesia ( Welirang And Ijen ). Burden transported by each people until as heavy as 85 - 110 kg. This burden excrutiatingly heavily make most people, when brimstone transported through wall of steep Caldera descend mount as far as 3km. Production accepted by a taker of mean 25 thousand rupiah by day, or about 300 rupiah a kilogram. A taker generally only able to bring to descend once every day, because its a hard work. Some hundred metre of there are a ancient domed building ommission of Dutch write down “ Irrigating of Cauldron Ijen”, what now conceived by a Domed Post, a post where all mineworker consider his payload and get a paper about his value and payload.
To reach cauldron Ijen in this time is not too difficult, through town Banyuwangi as far as 38 km to west go to countryside of Licin, then go to countryside of Jambu end to Paltuding ( 1,600 mdpl) a forest base camp of Perhutani in Natty hillside- Ijen, a trip to cauldron of Ijen can with car or motor because road to paltuding have in asphalt and smoothly. During trip you'd be served by a beautiful view the outspread of plantation copy and clove with its air is cold.
From Paltudin continued walkedly because representing road of land and steep go up to height 2,400 mdpl with time go through 2 hour of easy going. Climb to cauldron of Ijen is generally suggested started at the morning. For the shake of reason of security, climb to cauldron of ijen from Paltuding closed as free as beating 02:00 pm, because its condensed smoke and possibility of wind direction aiming to climb band. To pursue trip in the morning, visitor suggested to camp in location of Paltuding pitched a tently, then at the morning before sunrise climb can be started, Others is also made available by Maisonette in Paltuding which clean enough.
Temparature of Mean around cauldron of Ijen 13 oC at noon and 2 oC at nightAs long as climbing a lot of rubing up against taker of friendly brimstone change over greeting. Arrive at cauldron lip, view amaze ahead time eye. A tosca lake with diameter 1 km of have blanket of fog and smoke of brimstone reside in far below. Mineworker of Brimstone seen to minimize from the top. To go to source of producer that brimstone, we require to descend stoney of bank of caldera through footpath passed by mineworker.
Sweep wet hand very needed, because oftentimes the wind direction blown to bring smoke go to degradation band. Besides direct go to lake face, circling in back Caldera can be done eatenly is time more or less all day long full.
Cauldron base, parallel with surface of lake there are place of brimstone mining. condensed White smoke go out to spurt from a kind of pipe of iron which interfaced to a sulphur spring. Discharge 600oC rose colored fumarol smolder to melt exit and congelation because cool air, forming is solided of bold rust colored brimstone.
Sometimes smolder fumarol to blaze uncontrollably, what generally is immediately sprinkled by a water to prevent reaction of piroporik related to. amethyst of this Brimstone is cut with crow bar and transported into crate. environmental to breathing like this required by a separate struggle, all mineworker generally work at the same time nip sarong or cutting of patch up cloth as air censor.
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