Mount Ijen

Mount Ijen

The Ijen crater is one of the favorite tourist destinations in East Java nature. Ijen crater is located in punjak Mount Ijen, Banyuwangi wax districts and sub-districts Blowang, Bondowoso district. Mount Ijen is 2,443 m above sea level altitude is one of the mountains which is still active today, has 4 times erupted in 1796, 1817, 1913 and 1936. Mount Ijen crater has the world's largest, which can produce 36 million cubic meters of sulfur and hydrogen chloride with an area of ​​approximately 5,466 ha One of the highlights of the crater is so high acidity levels close to zero, This makes the mountain that has first sunrise java entered into one of the most acidic crater in the world.
Located at an altitude of about 2,368 meters above sea level, he has the size of a caldera 20 kilometers with a depth of 300 meters below the wall. With the water approaching bluish green color, making it look very beautiful. Although sulfur fog and smoke surrounded him, did not make it lose its charm, in fact accentuate its beauty.
For those of you who are planning to visit the crater, it is advisable to use warm clothes, because the temperature reaches 10 degrees, even at certain times could approach 2 degrees. The beauty of the crater in the morning was amazing. Refracts sunlight that shines on the water, seemed to glow like gold. Manisrejo tree leafy expanse of reddish with a slight puff of fog that surrounds, perfect natural scenery, not to be missed for a second.
The Ijen crater is not just as a tourist attraction, but rather as a place where the miners earn a living. Sulfur miners digging with simple tools from the bottom of the crater. That's what causes the rare phenomenon of 'Blue Fire' often come at night, in the midst of mining, which occurs due to bursts of molten sulfur that came from inside the crater. Light blue color is created from natural combustion process liquid sulfur with air. This beauty can be seen until early morning.