图 1.
印尼东爪哇的卡哇依尖火山，高度超过2600米。作为一座活火山，
它喷出的气体通过火山口内的喷气孔形成硫磺，当地矿工挖掘这些硫磺矿谋生。
矿工们冒着危险在没有防护的情况下工作，负重100—200磅往返期间。
工作一天，矿工大约可以得到折合大约35到40元人民币的收入。
这些硫磺矿最后会用于硫化橡胶，漂白和其他工业用途。
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)
