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Kawah Ijen volcano, blue flames and dangerous sulphur mining

Explore Kawah Ijen in Indonesia, where blue flames light the night and miners face extreme conditions to harvest sulphur.

One of the most devastating volcanoes erupted 7,300 years ago — and scientists say it’s filling with magma again

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...

The Biggest Volcanic Event in Earth’s History Transformed an Entire Oceanic Plate

The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), located in the Pacific Ocean, formed around 110 to 120 million years ago through massive submarine volcanic eruptions. This event is considered the most extensive ...