One miner is busy extracting sulphur from the side of the crater. EXPLOSIVE pictures showing what could be one of the deadliest jobs on the planet have been captured. The images of fearless workers mining for yellow sulphur inside the crater of an active volcano show how the men risk their lives on a daily basis. The pictures also reveal the grim conditions that the men are forced to work in without safety gear to protect themselves against burns and toxic smoke inhalation. Other images show just how labour intensive the job is. The harvested sulphur rocks have to be carried up to 650-feet out
One miner is busy extracting sulphur from the side of the crater. EXPLOSIVE pictures showing what could be one of the deadliest jobs on the planet have been captured. The images of fearless workers mining for yellow sulphur inside the crater of an active volcano show how the men risk their lives on a daily basis. The pictures also reveal the grim conditions that the men are forced to work in without safety gear to protect themselves against burns and toxic smoke inhalation. Other images show just how labour intensive the job is. The harvested sulphur rocks have to be carried up to 650-feet out of the craters and down the sides of the volcano in heavy makeshift baskets to be weighed. Another shot shows the physical impact that the work has had on one miner – leaving him with no front teeth. Russian photographer, Sergey Krasnoshchokov took the photos whilst visiting Kawah Ijen in East Java, Indonesia. The volcano is 8,660-feet tall with a crater lake which shares the same pH as battery acid.
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