Postcard from The Mountain of Fire: the Indonesian Island of Java is located on the legendary 'Ring Of Fire', the belt of volcanoes which encircle the Greater Pacific Region and Mt. Merapi a.k.a. 'The Mountain of Fire'. As a team of HD cameramen and crew defied the harrowing dangers to document the possibility of an imminent eruption, they had no idea just how close they were ...(cinematographer's special)
Asia Image, September, 2006 by Gilbert, Laurie K.
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The 'Mountain of Fire' sits in the center of the island, only 27 kms from the 500,000 people who live in the city of Yogyakarta. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia, and on a global scale the eruptions are so frequent that scientists include it as one of only 16 designated as a Decade Volcano.
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Many of the current population of Yogyakarta still remember vividly the 1994 eruption when more than 6000 people had to be evacuated from their homes and 43 people died and as pyroclastic flows travelled 7.3 kms from the summit of the mountain enveloping villages in deadly gases ...
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