The ferry between Banyuwangi, Java and Gilimanuk, Bali runs every hour, is inexpensive, and takes about 40 minutes. From Gilimanuk, the road along Bali’s north-west coastline offers beautiful sea ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to forecast major eruptions? So far, the opportunity has been lacking. VEI-7 eruptions are rare: we have not seen one since Tambora in April 1815. To make a right ...

Located in East Java, Indonesia, Kawah Ijen is part of a large volcanic complex and is known for holding the most acidic crater lake in the world A viral video showing a travel content creator's ...

A breathtaking yet sobering journey to Ijen Volcano in Indonesia, famous for its blue fire and surreal views. Behind the beauty lies the shocking truth: miners carrying 70–90 kg of sulfur daily under ...

Few natural wonders are as breathtakingly surreal as the electric blue flames dancing across Indonesia's Kawah Ijen volcano. Unlike the familiar red-orange glow of molten lava, this volcano gives off ...

Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen volcano appears to glow electric blue at night. (Image: Canva) Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia glows blue at night due to burning sulphur gas. The blue glow is fire, not lava; ...

A long-dormant volcano in Ethiopia erupted for the first time in roughly 12,000 years, blanketing a neighboring village in ash and soot, authorities announced. The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in the ...

A 2025 satellite photo captures the stark contrast between the barren Poás volcano and the surrounding Costa Rican jungle. The volcano's super-acidic lake provides the perfect analog for studying how ...

Earning just $20 a day, workers face extreme conditions mining sulfur in Mount Ijen’s volcanic crater—one of the toughest jobs on Earth. Dodgers great Clayton Kershaw ends his career unaware at first ...

Most of us think we know what Earth looks like. Then you stumble on a place that doesn’t fit the script—salt that turns the ground into a perfect mirror, rock formations that look sculpted by ...

Russia's remote Krasheninnikov volcano, dormant for roughly 600 years, erupted overnight in Kamchatka peninsula in the country's far east, just days after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck ...