圖 1.
印尼東爪哇的卡哇依尖火山，高度超過2600米。作為一座活火山，
它噴出的氣體通過火山口內的噴氣孔形成硫磺，當地礦工挖掘這些硫磺礦謀生。
礦工們冒著危險在沒有防護的情況下工作，負重100—200磅往返期間。
工作一天，礦工大約可以得到折合大約35到40元人民幣的收入。
這些硫磺礦最後會用於硫化橡膠，漂白和其他工業用途。
In East Java, Indonesia lies Kawah Ijen volcano, 2,600 meters tall (8,660ft),
topped with a large caldera and a 200-meter-deep lake of sulfuric acid.
The quietly active volcano emits gases through fumaroles inside the crater,
and local miners have tapped those gases to earn a living. Stone and ceramic pipes cap
the fumaroles, and inside, the sulfur condenses into a molten red liquid,
dripping back down and solidifying into pure sulfur. Miners hack chunks off with
steel bars, braving extremely dangerous gases and liquids with minimal protection,
then load up as much as they can carry for the several kilometers to the weighing station.
Loads can weigh from 45 to 90kg
(100 - 200 lbs), and a single miner might make as many as two or three trips in a day.
At the end of a long day,
miners take home approximately Rp50,000 ($5.00 u.s.).
The sulfur is then used for vulcanizing rubber,
bleaching sugar and other industrial processes nearby. (22 photos total)
