Sunrise from Merapi, looking out over Java.

Hikes generally leave early in the morning in order to see the sunrise from up on Merapi, and to be able to hike back down before the full heat of the day.

Central Java, outside of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (April 2000)

Wikipedia: Merapi

Some of the displaced are able to return to their villages and have started to reconstruct their homes.

Small eruption of Mt Merapi

Pendakian Gunung Merapi, 5 April 2015.

The Merapi Mountain viewed from Selo

Gunung Merapi, Indonesia.

(near Kali Gendol, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta).

Moving on ...

Merapi Lava Tour. The sole stall selling souvenirs.

This beautiful landscape was captured from my family's house backyard at Susukan, Kab. Semarang, Indonesia. Two mounts visible in this pictures are Merapi and Merbabu.

Gn.Merapi @ Banyuwangi

Kali Gendol, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.

Moving on ...

Merapi Lava Tour. Sand mining seems to be the principal activity around the Sabo dams where the cold lava flow carrying sand, boulders and debris are contained by the barriers during heavy torrential rain.

Pendakian Gunung Merapi, 5 April 2015.

Gunung Merapi, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Moving on ...

Merapi Lava Tour.

Best mates gituloh!

View from airplane into Jogja.

A house destryed in the eruption of Oct 2010

after the eruption of Merapi and the goverment said the status down to standby, we can see how the destruction because of last eruption on November 5, 2010

view merapi

Bokre, ketika diajak foto bersama malah tertidur. Ya udah, terpaksa posenya di puncak dalam keadaan terlelap.

Mt. Merapi, Indonesia

A hard inclined walk and a brewing rain is what met our group on Mt. Merapi... The view and the path of the devastation it brought is shown here.

with a group of young vets students from ugm

Dusun Srunen, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.

Moving on ...

A narrow dirt track that leads to the Makam Mbah Maridjan, Perkuburan Dusun Slunen, Sleman. The final place where Mbah Maridjan (Mas Penewu Surakso Hargo) was laid to rest. The spiritual guardian or "gatekeeper" of the Mount Merapi volcano was one of the victims of the volcano's last eruption in 26 October 2010.

Ref. and suggested reading:

id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taman_Nasional_Gunung_Merapi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi#National_park

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbah_Maridjan

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11634824

View from Kaliurang, south of the volcano.

Foto lama yg diambil tahun berapa ya? pokoknya waktu Merapi lagi tenang2nya dan Mbah Maridjan belum jadi bintang iklan kayak sekarang >_<

Photoshop Action : B/C adjusment, color adj, crop.

Towns along the Code River near Yogyakarta are under constant threat from flooding as rivers ar swollen by seasonal rains, ash and lava.

Beugh... Bergaya narsis di Puncak Merapi.

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Kemarin sore, merapinya cantik sekali.

Jembatan Gondolayu Yogyakarta.

this photo was taken on the day before the annual offering is brought to the king believed to live inside mount Merapi one of the most active volcanoes of the world

(Merapi, 24 November 2010).

team of volunteers (Pro Fauna, UGM students, community Joglo Abang) together with a team of military and police opened the entrance to the village Pangukrejo - Sleman (near Merapi Mountain) Indonesia, who had blockaded by residents before finally fled with the trees blocked the road using a rod to protect property.

tim relawan (Pro Fauna, mahasiswa UGM, komunitas Joglo Abang) bersama dengan tim dari TNI/Polri membuka jalan masuk ke desa Pangukrejo - Sleman yang sempat diblokade oleh warga sebelum akhirnya mengungsi dengan merintangi jalan menggunakan batang pepohonan untuk melindung harta bendanya.