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the world's most metal job
Jan. 13th, 2014 10:36 am. . . has surely got to be working in the sulfur mines in the crater of Kawah Ijen, a volcano in East Java, Indonesia. Stop and think a moment. Sulfur mining. In a volcano.
It's a world of fire, acid, and poisonous gases.
(There is an acid lake in the crater.)
Molten sulfur is blood red, but it burns with a blue flame. The photographer Olivier Grunewald took these photos, which ran in the Boston Globe on 8 December 2010. (Source for the entire photo essay here.) (Hat tip to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yamamanama for showing me these!)
sulfur flames
image © Olivier Grunewald
image © Olivier Grunewald
molten sulfur
image © Olivier Grunewald
( hard work )
In conclusion. If you want to do a Cracked list about working in actual hellish circumstances, don't leave out the sulfur mine of Kawah Ijen.
It's a world of fire, acid, and poisonous gases.
Molten sulfur is blood red, but it burns with a blue flame. The photographer Olivier Grunewald took these photos, which ran in the Boston Globe on 8 December 2010. (Source for the entire photo essay here.) (Hat tip to
yamamanama for showing me these!)sulfur flames
image © Olivier Grunewald
image © Olivier Grunewald
molten sulfur
image © Olivier Grunewald
( hard work )
In conclusion. If you want to do a Cracked list about working in actual hellish circumstances, don't leave out the sulfur mine of Kawah Ijen.
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