Volcano That Spews Blue Lava? Mesmerising Sight of Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen Volcano at Night Will Leave You in Awe of Nature Once More

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Volcano That Spews Blue Lava? Mesmerising Sight of Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen Volcano at Night Will Leave You in Awe of Nature Once More

 

For its rare phenomenal sight of oozing blue lava, Indonesia's Kawah Ijen volcano enters the bucket list of travel enthusiasts and photographers whenever the COVID-19 lockdown lifts

Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia spews blue lava (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

 

 

One good thing out of this coronavirus lockdown is the massive appreciation of nature that has built inside us which was previously taken for granted and adding to the list of

 

mesmerising sights is Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen volcano. Not many know that instead of red hot lava, the Ijen volcano burns blue or so it seems from the sapphire coloured lava that

 

trickles down its slope. Also Read - Yes! Asteroids Killed The Dinosaurs And Not Volcanoes, Says Study; Researchers Say 'It's the Only Plausible Explanation'

 

However, experts argue that the lava is not blue, instead the volcano contains large deposits of pure sulphur which gives off the incredible “neon blue” colour as it burns. When

 

sulphur is spewed out at such high temperatures and pressures, its lava glows blue.

 

According to a Paris-based photographer, Olivier Grunewald, it is when the sulphuric gases come out of the vents or cracks in the volcano and get in contact with the oxygen-rich

 

atmospheric air that the light is produced. This is the reason behind the blue flame which flows down the slope as burning hot liquid sulphur, after the sulphur gases condense,

 

giving the illusion of lava flowing after a volcanic eruption.

 

Since Grunewald has been documenting the rare phenomenon for over several years, he reportedly suggests sighting the blue lava during the night or after sunset. German

 

videographer and volcano explorer Marc Szeglat filmed the sight of the eerie blue flames at night which is breathtaking enough to enter the bucket list of travel enthusiasts and

 

photographers whenever the COVID-19 lockdown lifts.

 

 

 

 

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