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Kali Gendol, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.
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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.
Clearing the debris from the recent floods will be a huge task but some also see it as an economic opportunity and are selling the sand to the local construction industry
Gunung Merapi, Indonesia.
(near Kali Gendol, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta).
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Merapi Lava Tour.
From Gilimanuk you can take the ferry to Java. There you have a view on the volcanoes on the other side.
From the plane - about 30 miles north and 30,000 feet. Afternoon of June 14, 2006. Note the pyroclastic flow down the right side of the mountain. Two relief workers were killed in this flow about the time the picture was taken. I heard of their deaths 3 days later when the bodies were recovered.
Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 km (17 mi) north of Yogyakarta city which has a population of 2.4 million. Thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 m (5,577 ft) above sea level.
Merapi (peak height of 2968 m above sea level, per 2006) is a volcano in central Java and is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. Slopes of the south side are in the administrative district of Sleman, Yogyakarta, and the rest are in the region of Central Java province, the Magelang district on the west side, Boyolali in the north and east, and Klaten district on the southeastern side. Forest area around the peak became Mount Merapi National Park area since 2004.
Gunung Merapi, Indonesia.
(near Kali Gendol, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta).
Moving on ...
Merapi Lava Tour.
Merapi ash SEM image done in the Ars Electronica BioLab by me. The ash had been sent by James Reynolds. ( www.typhoonfury.com/ )
Magnifiction 8400 fold.
This was about one month before Mt Merapi decided to have an explosion, killing 353 people and forcing the evacuation of 350,000 (presumeably including from this location). This image was taken at dusk and with a thunderstorm approaching.