Kawah Ijen (Java Island) volcanic lake

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 16 April 2017 at 02:25:51 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): land, volcano, caldera, acidic, sulfuric, hydrochloric lake, Java, Indonesia
Fig. 1 - 4-3-2 natural colour - Located in the far east of Java island, Indonesia, the Ijen volcano is an active explosive volcano.
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The vegetation established on the Ijen flanks are visible in green (its name means "green crater" in Javanese) surrounded by cities.
Fig. 2 - 8-11-2 colour composite - Its summit crater contains a “solfatare” from which is extracted sulfur ore.
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Fig. 3 - 4,3,2 colour composite (strong stretching) - At night, blue sulfur flames are visible in Kawah Ijen sulfuric and hydrochloric lake.
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Fig. 4 - 11-8-4 colour composite (strong stretching) - This caldera lake is known to be the world's largest highly acidic with a pH 0.2.
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