Men working inside the live volcano of Kawah Ijen in East Java Indonesia mining sulfur

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Men working inside the live volcano of Kawah Ijen in East Java Indonesia one for the last places in the world where people mine sulfur by hand carrying it out of the volcano and down to a collection point where factories purchase the Yellow sulfur stones to use in manufacturing The men carry the sulfur out of the volcano in wicker baskets Fumes from the volcano are noxious and often cause the workers to choke

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