INDONESIA -- I slept three hours before I stepped out of my hotel into the chilly night air; still tired but anxious for the long hike ahead. It was almost midnight, and our tour group was about to ...

A video of the spectacular scenes captured at a volcano crater "from another planet" has captivated users on Instagram. The video was shared by @2troubletravelers, the Instagram account of Domi, 29, ...

In East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners face deadly smoke to mine sulfur, or "devil's gold." They risk respiratory illness and death to haul 200-pound loads of sulfur up crater walls. So why do ...

The Kawah Ijen Volcano (Eastern Java, Indonesia) is world famous for its blue flames and sulphur mining. The blue flames are ...

While the two photographs were authentic, they did not show “blue lava” erupting from a single volcano. Rather, the material that appeared blue was gas ignited by flames. Its dramatic coloration was ...

A Chinese woman who posed for photos on an Indonesian volcano known for its stunning "blue fire" phenomenon died after tripping on her clothes and falling off a cliff on April 20. Kawah Ijen, ...