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The Merapi erupted in 2006 and 2010. The last eruption in 2010 was truly devastating, causing the displacement of more than 320 000 people, killing 350.
Kegiatan Layar Tancep Keliling bagi Pengungsi Merapi. Hari ke-5 di sebuah bangunan sekolah TK, Desa Keji - Muntilan. (21/11/2011)
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 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.
Panoramic view of our observation spot and the ash cloud leaving the crater and floating off into the distance.
Hiked up Merapi Volcano (in Yogyakarta, Indonesia) in the early hours of the morning in time to watch an amazing sunrise. Easily one of the most rewarding sunrises I have ever experienced given the cold and challenging 4-hour hike. It's definitely a different experience watching the sun rise from above everything else. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Java and Yogyakarta specifically to put this in their to-do-list!
Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta Indonesia is the most active volcanoes in the world. The eruption of this time was the largest since 1870. Mount Merapi has been 4 days do not stop spewing material from the bottom of the earth and more than 300,000 people were evacuated to safe areas.
Photographed from a distance of 17 miles from the top of the mountain
On the white summit of eternity
A single Soul of bare infinities,
Guarded he keeps by a fire-screen of peace
His mystic loneliness of nude ecstasy.
But, touched by an immense delight to be,
He looks across unending depths and sees
Musing amid the inconscient silences
The Mighty Mother's dumb felicity.
Half now awake she rises to his glance;
Then, moved to circling by her heart-beats' will,
The rhythmic worlds describe that passion-dance.
Life springs in her and Mind is born; her face
She lifts to Him who is Herself, until
The Spirit leaps into the Spirit's embrace.
- Sri Aurobindo
Indonesia Red Cross workers xpect more than 10,000 people displaced at Maguwoharjo stadium. Thousands have fled the violent eruptions overnight which snd hot ash flows cascading down the mountains. There are reports that villages on the slopes of the volcano are burning after being hit by hot lava rocks.
Volcano Merapi 5 November 2010
Photo credit: EU/ECHO/Mathias Eick
Yogyakarta, 5 November 2010: After the most violent eruptions yet, tens of thousands of people are on the move away from Mount Merapi on the Indonesian island of Java. Many have fled to the city of Yogyakarta where they find shelter at the city's main football stadium. The death toll stands at over 120 after hot ash and gas cascaded down the mountain overnight. Some 200,000 are now reported to fled their homes seeking shelter. By early morning the stadium has already received some 5,000 people and local authorities, security forces, the local Red Cross, NGOs and hundreds of local volunteers are now scrambling to provide to the basic needs of the displaced, such as food, water and basic medical attention. Indonesia's president has declared the crisis a "national disaster".
Mount Merapi or "Fire Mountain" erupted on 26 October. Local vulcanalogists are concerned further violent eruptions could follow. Huge columns of hot gas and ash continue to rise many kilometers into the sky and the region is being blanketed in a thin layer of fine ash, stinging eyes and throats.
Video credit: Mathias Eick EU/ECHO
Borobudur was unfortunately closed when we visited it due to the huge amount of ash falling from recently active Mt Merapi.
Yogyakarta 8 November: Mount Merapi continues to belch a huge column of hot gas and ash kilometers into the sky, nearly two weeks after awakening from its slumber on October 26.
The Magelang district west of the volcano is particularly badly affected with a heavy layer of ash covering houses, trees, fields and streets. The district is currently harboring some 98,000 people who have fled their homes. According to Indonesia's central emergency management authority (BNPB), there are now 278,000 displaced, with the confirmed death toll at 141.