Steve Axford

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Central and West Java - Papandayan and Merapi

The volcanoes of West Java. Papandayan is my favourite, though it did make me a bit sick with the hydrogen sulphide
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Smoking ruins. This is what is left after the pyroclastic flow has passed
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Smoking ruins. This is what is left after the pyroclastic flow has passed

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  • Merapi and eagle. From the lookout point - no, the eagle isn't real, it's a carving.
  • Fire and brimstone
  • Smoking ruins. This is what is left after the pyroclastic flow has passed
  • fumarole
  • Sulphur snow
  • The red puddle. Yes, that's me in the photo, but I didn't make that puddle.
  • Lake and fumarole
  • A gash in the earth
  • Fumarole field
  • regrowth at the bottom limits of the pyroclastic flow
  • Merapi
  • Merapi. Taken on the remains of the last pyroclastic flow. The gash in the top of the mountain shows where the lava dome collapsed to create the flow. It must have reached this point in just a few minutes.
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  • Working on a retaining wall after a pyroclastic flow from Merapi.
  • Villagers cross the pyroclastic flow on Papandayan.
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  • Papandayan mud pool
  • Papandayan crater lake
  • Merapi
  • Papandayan fumarole
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