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Sulfur Miners #2

Hundreds of miners of sulfur in the crater of Mount Ijen Banyuwangi East Java take the danger every day and work without protection, every day they are at risk ...
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Hundreds of miners of sulfur in the crater of Mount Ijen Banyuwangi East Java take the danger every day and work without protection, every day they are at risk of inhaling toxic fumes.
Since early morning, the sulfur miners began climbing to the summit of Mount Ijen which has a height of 2344 meters, using a flashlight on the head, a thin jacket and gloves.
The trip to the top of Mount Ijen takes about two hours. Once up peak the miners down a steep slope to get to the crater.
It is around the crater of Mount Ijen that they take sulfur.
While carrying a bamboo basket full of sulfur weighing about 70 kg, the miners went back to the rocky path to the summit. Occasionally they stop to rest.
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