Indonesia

Kawah Ijen

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano

It is an American pastime to complain about one's job. A bad boss, late hours, poor pay: there is always plenty to complain about. However even the worst office 9-5 in the U.S. is a cakewalk... »

Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Disaster Areas | Edited by Dylan

Sidoarjo, Indonesia

The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day

In May of 2006, gas drilling on the Indonesian island of Java triggered a "mud volcano" that killed 13 people. Hot sulfuric mud has been continually gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java... »

Disaster Areas | Edited by

Tumbang Takunoi, Indonesia

The Death Scented Rafflesia Flower

The world’s largest flower, which smells like rotting flesh

The Rafflesia arnoldii, a rare and endangered plant known as the "giant panda of the plant world” bears the world’s largest flower. A parasitic plant, the Rafflesia lives most of its life within... »

Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Dylan and Henry

Makassar, Indonesia

The Funeral Rites of Torajaland

Eerie cemeteries carved into the side of cliffs.

Carved in the cliffs of Torarjaland are the eerie cliff cemeteries of the Toraja. The funeral rites of the Toraja are some of the most elaborate in the world. After a death in the Toraja Society,... »

Rites and Rituals | Edited by Dylan and Henry