Hello everyone Here is the mysterious legend lover Lu Mei
The largest archipelagic country in the world
- Indonesia
There is such a place
It is perennially filled with a thick fog smelling of sulfur
The road is rough and steep, and there is no grass
Blue magma also gushes out from deep in the earth's crust
Here it is
Kavajjan Volcano
Kawaijin Volcano is located on the island of Java
It is an active volcano
20 km wide volcanic crater
It consists of several small duplex volcanoes
It is also home to the most acidic volcanic lake in the world
Since the water is rich in hydrogen chloride
The entire volcanic lake is turquoise in color
The usual water temperature is also about 50 degrees
When volcanic activity intensifies
The lake will also boil
A thick fog that never dissipates on the top of the mountain
It is a gas spewed from a volcano
These gases pass through vent holes within the crater
Sulfur is then formed
If the visiting travelers are lucky enough
Then you can see it at night
Blue flames burn in the mountains
Sometimes even blue magma can be seen
Sulfur, smoke, blue flames...
Many netizens exclaimed
Could this be the legendary "Gate of Hell"?
wrong!
It's time to test junior chemistry!
In fact
The crater of Izhen is the reason
Blue flames and lava will gush out
It is because of the ground near the crater
There are large amounts of high-purity sulfur
When ignited by magma, it takes on a blue color
We all learned it in chemistry class
Sulfur burns in the air
Produces a pale blue flame
And burn in pure oxygen
A bright blue-purple flame is produced
So actually these flames
It is also blue during the day
Not obviously, though
One is because of light problems
The second is because
The ground was littered with solidified sulfur
It is indeed not easy to find
Kawaijin Volcano is a world-famous producer of sulfur
It is also the main sulfur harvesting site in Indonesia
Miners here are mostly adopted
The most primitive method for collecting sulfur:
Wait for the flowing sulfur to solidify
Knock it down with an iron shovel
Sometimes miners also make some out of molds
Souvenirs made of sulfur
Sold to passing passengers
It is said that the mine has only small rabbits and small turtles
If you want something else, you have to bring your own mold
Climb to the top of the mine
It takes about 50 minutes
From the gathering ground to the acquisition station
It takes almost two hours
Plus the time of acquisition
Each miner can only make two round trips per day
So they every time
Will try to pick as many as possible to go down the mountain
Some people can carry it on one trip
About 90 kg of sulfur
At the foot of Mount Izhen
And the villages
Although close to active volcanoes
But everyone's life is not anxious
Many people in the village are Barca fans
Barca performed poorly
Some people will be angry directly put
The team poster is used as a waste paper paste window
So, there is nothing
The "Gates of Hell" in reality
Behind a lot of weird-looking phenomena
There is a certain scientific truth hidden in them
But although it has nothing to do with mysterious legends
The blue magma of The Izhen Volcano
It is indeed a dangerous and beautiful existence