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Volcán de sangre azul 

10/20/2014

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Neon blue lava pours from Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen Volcano. The reason it’s blue is because the mountain contains large amounts of pure sulfur, which emits an icy violet colors as it burns. It turns the rocky slopes into a hot, toxic environment.

Despite the dangers, photographer Olivier Grunewald captured the scene, along with a group of men who toil on the volcano at night, battling noxious gases to mine sulfur from the crater and carry it out by hand.
Lava color azul neón se derrama del volcán Kawah Ijen en Indonesia. La razón de ser azul se debe a que la montaña contiene grandes cantidades de azufre puro, que emite colores violetas mientras este quema. Resulta que estas laderas rocosas en un ambiente cálido son  tóxicos. 

A pesar de los peligros, el fotógrafo Olivier Grunewald capturó la escena, junto con un grupo de hombres que laboran en el volcán por la noche, que luchan contra los gases nocivos a la mina de azufre desde el cráter y lo llevan a cabo a mano.
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Source: sixpenceee
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