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After a cigarette break at the weighing station, the sulfur miners continue to walk to...

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Extracting sulfur isn't very healthy. Indeed, breathing the poisonous steam gives you the impression...

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Everytime as the wind was changing direction, letting the toxic fog envelope me, breathing was...

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After a nearly 800m extremely exhausting walk, the miners arrive at the weighing station. Each bearer earn about 0,035 USDollar for one kilo.

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The miners walk up the steep slopes of the crater, leaving the view of the largest acid lake on...

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One worker is filling big pieces of sulfur into a bag as another man is taking a break. A...

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A loaded basket is carried over a handmade bridge which leads to steep crater sections.

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The baskets are ready to be filled up with big chunks of yellow sulfur.

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Finally we arrived at the famous extracting place where miners collect the sulfur. We...

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Kawah Ijen is well-known for its mining operations in which sulfur is hand gathered in large baskets...

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I met this man while i was walking steeply upwards, leading to the active volcano of Kawah Ijen. I...

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The sulfur steam is collected by pipes in which sulfur is condensing in a red liquid dripping on the...

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Looking down into the crater i noticed that it was a very active place. A lot of indonesian workers...

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