The unique volcano impresses visitors by the magical blue flame that appears when the night comes.
Ijen (Kawah Ijen), 2,799 m above sea level, located 26 km northwest of Banyuwangi town, is one of 76 active volcanoes in Indonesia. With its large and magnificent appearance, Ijen crater is recorded with a radius of 361 m, a surface area of 410 m2, a depth of 200 m and a volume of 3,600 m3. When standing in this place, you will feel like you are small in the middle of nature.
(Photo: Tribun Travel) Lake Kawah Ijen, or Kawah Ijen crater, doesn’t “sputter” loudly underground compressed carbon gas, it’s just calm there with a beautiful turquoise color. When the night comes, this place completely changes the scenery, no longer as beautiful as the fairy scene, but with a ghostly charm that captivates visitors. The unique feature of the volcanic lake Ijen is that at around 2am to 4am every day, around the crater you can see the phenomenon of blue fire (blue fire) which is likened to “wispy ghost” flames. “. 
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(Photo: Vntravellive) Explaining this unique phenomenon, scientists believe that sulfur is the key factor that makes Kawah Ijen crater so beautiful. The magma chambers beneath the volcano push sulfuric into the lake bed, which combines with dissolved metals in high concentrations, resulting in gas in the lake that turns the water blue. Besides, the above process also makes Kawah Ijen crater the most acidic lake in the world with a pH of 0.5. 
(Photo: Vntravellive) The best time to visit Indonesia’s unique volcano is between April and October, because this is the dry season, so the weather is relatively favorable for climbing journeys. If visitors come here from November to March, they will encounter more obstacles because the road up the mountain is quite muddy and slippery. Blue flames are only seen when it is dark at night. If you want to witness and admire this scene with your own eyes, you have to climb from midnight to reach the top before dawn (ticket counter opens at 1:00 am). Arriving there, visitors will witness a unique landscape, unique in the world, which is the image of blue flames erupting from the ground. The temperature here is low, especially at night, the temperature can drop to 2 degrees. 
(Photo: Viator) When the first rays of sunlight appear, the surface of Lake Ijen gradually shows its poetic beauty through the white smoke, which is a pale blue water color, mixed with the brilliant pink color of the dawn. a truly majestic picture of nature, in harmony with both colors and landscapes. 
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(Photo: Fodor Travel Guide) The higher the sun rises, the more clearly the rocky slopes of the volcanic cliffs reveal their strong, arid lines, enveloping Lake Ijen, which was then brilliant with a haughty jade green color, not and a dreamlike appearance in the mist like early morning. In addition to the magical blue fire, this Ijen volcanic complex also holds another “dark secret” because this is one of the largest and most dangerous sulfur mining places in the world. 
(Photo: Wonderfulborobudurtours) Daily workers will go into the crater to mine and have to carry 70-90 kg of sulfur on their backs to climb the mountain home. Although the work is hard and adversely affects health, these miners are not equipped with any protective gear, even they have to take dangerous shortcuts to ensure their safety. most trips per day. Thanks to the increasing number of tourists visiting the Kawah Ijen volcano, the miners have found a way to supplement their income by selling sulfur drawings and ornaments for as little as $1.74 per month. each item. 
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