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Taman Nasional Gunung Merapi, Indonesia.
Gunung Merapi National Park.
[Kabupaten-kabupaten Magelang, Boyolali dan Klaten di Jawa Tengah, serta Sleman di Yogyakarta].
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Domestic belongings destroyed in the last eruption on November 30, 2010 on display to visitors.
Taman Nasional Gunung Merapi - in 2004 an area of 6,410 hectares around Mount Merapi was established as a national park. The decision of the Ministry of Forestry to declare the park has been subsequently challenged in court by The Indonesian Forum for Environment, on grounds of lack of consultation with local residents. Following the 2010 eruption, three Indonesian government departments declared a prohibited zone which nobody can permanently stay and no infrastructure is allowed in several villages.
Ref. and suggested reading:
Bukit Glagahsari, Kalitengah Lor, Cangkringan, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.
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An observation tower build with the cooperation of the regional Rotary Club International. This is supposed to be the best and closest vista point to view Mount Merapi with only 6 km distance to its summit. Unfortunately, the supposedly breathtaking picturesque vista was overcast with heavy clouds.
Merapi ash SEM image done in the Ars Electronica BioLab by Stefan Schwarzmair. The ash had been sent by James Reynolds. ( www.typhoonfury.com/ )
Magnifiction 2260 fold.
At dawn. Jeremy's pose is a new one that we like to call "the snail". You sit down, keeping your legs together, and lean over them till your head is on your knees. Not comfortable, but warm! Merapi was cold and hard to climb, lots of sharp scree and volcano vents. and not made easier by our 14yr old guides.
Merapi from the southeast, showing the valley tracked by pyroclast flows generated through dome collapse at the summit. The valley heads towards the city of Jogjakarta.
Gunung Merapi, Indonesia.
(near Kali Gendol, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta).
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Merapi Lava Tour.
A woman carrying her child and a small bag of personal possessions arrives at the Maguwoharjo stadium in Yogyakarta.
Photo Credit: Mathias Eick EU/ECHO
Senjata pamungkas Onie. Campuran air, minyak tanah, cabe, garam. Siap untuk bela diri secara di Gunung Merbabu dan Merapi ini sedang rawan perampokan.
Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian/Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the large Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) above sea level.
Smoke can be seen emerging from the mountaintop at least 300 days a year, and several eruptions have caused fatalities. Pyroclastic flow from a large explosion killed 27 people on 22 November in 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano. Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.