The Big Picture - Boston.com - Kawah Ijen by night

[Dion]

Photographer Olivier Gruenwald has recently made several trips into the sulfur mine in the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, bringing with him equipment to capture surreal images lit by moonlight, torches, and the blue flames of burning molten sulfur. Covered last year in the Big Picture (in daylight), the miners of the 2,600 meter tall (8,660ft) Kawah Ijen volcano trek up to the crater, then down to the shore of a 200-meter-deep crater lake of sulfuric acid, where they retrieve heavy chunks of pure sulfur to carry back to a weighing station. Mr. Grunewald has been kind enough to share with us the following other-worldly photos of these men as they do their hazardous work under the light of the moon. (30 photos in total)

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201..._by_night.html

[Winsor_Pilates]

Went into some of the other recent "Big Pictures" and saw these beauts of our own backyard (Lake Louise) in the "Let it Snow" section.





I was thinking that ski area looks amazing, and than I read below that it was Lake Louise.
Sometimes I forget how awesome our own part of the world is.

[Arsenal14]

The Big Picture series always amazes me. Some great photos across a wide range of topics. That Lake Louise one is fantastic.

[comrade]

Originally Posted by Dion

Photographer Olivier Gruenwald has recently made several trips into the sulfur mine in the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia, bringing with him equipment to capture surreal images lit by moonlight, torches, and the blue flames of burning molten sulfur. Covered last year in the Big Picture (in daylight), the miners of the 2,600 meter tall (8,660ft) Kawah Ijen volcano trek up to the crater, then down to the shore of a 200-meter-deep crater lake of sulfuric acid, where they retrieve heavy chunks of pure sulfur to carry back to a weighing station. Mr. Grunewald has been kind enough to share with us the following other-worldly photos of these men as they do their hazardous work under the light of the moon. (30 photos in total)

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201..._by_night.html

They don't just take it to the weighing station, they cart it all the way down the mountain, which takes about another hour or so to do. The calluses the transporters have on their traps are downright disturbing. I went down in the crater last spring and it was quite the experience. Much, much better than Bromo.

[carom]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Awesome photo.

Coaches corner is the second best jump on the DH course!