Inside volcano with world’s largest ACID lake that melts skin & spews blue lava
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A DEADLY volcano that spits bright blue lava contains the world's largest acid lake - capable of melting human skin. Kawah Ijen, is a gargantuan volcano on the island of Java, Indonesia, with its lake water's pH similar to that of battery acid. The Ijen volcano complex is a group of composite volcanoes in the stunning Banyuwangi Regency of East Java, Indonesia.
![[The blue flames erupt from the volcano]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000960107326.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It is inside a larger caldera Ijen, which is around a whopping 12 miles wide. It has become a hugely popular tourist attraction due to its incredible blue flames it spits - but has led to numerous deaths. One tourist tragically died at the site in April.
![[Ijen volcano crater lake in Indonesia]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ijen-volcano-crater-lake-indonesia-960107338.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The 31-year-old Chinese woman was trying to get the best angle to capture the breathtaking scenery - but tragically plunged 75 metres to her death. She and her husband had gone to see the stunning views and experience the famous Blue Fire phenomenon - but the excursion ended in horror.
![[Steep slopes of the Ijen volcano crater are covered in yellow solidified sulphur]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/steep-slopes-ijen-volcano-crater-960107435.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Similar tragedies have occurred at the site over the years - many of which have been along the climbing route. When the gases ignite above the Kawah Ijen volcano, the unbelievable blue flames erupt. The flames can be up to 16-foot high when some of the gas condenses to liquid while still ignited.
![[Aerial view of Misty Volcano of Kawah Ijen crater]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aerial-view-misty-volcano-kawah-960107200.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It is the largest blue flame area in the world and local people refer to it as Blue Fire. The sulphur in these astonishing gases that produce the spectacle form a liquid after catching light, which flows along the volcano before solidifying into yellow deposits.
![[Blue sulphur flames at the volcano site]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/blue-sulfur-flames-960107437.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
