Largest lake of Acid on Earth - sulfur-rich Kawah Ijen


	Largest lake of Acid on Earth - sulfur-rich Kawah Ijen

hitchhiker08

5-13-2008 12:29 PM

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volcanoes, sulfur, sulphur, indonesia, java, sumatra

hitchhiker08 says:

Region also famous for its coffee!

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5-13-2008 12:31 PM

alanocu

very interesting! thank you!

5-13-2008 1:48 PM

tabsey

Nice job. Good clip though.

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			<H3> - The sulfur rich Kawah Ijen</H3>
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