Featured in this photo, rising out from a sea of violet fog at dawn, is one of Indonesia’s most iconic volcanoes, Mount Bromo. The mountain is a large volcanic crater, also known as a caldera, which formed when an ancient cone volcano collapsed in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene epochs, between 126,000 and 8,300 years ago. The current structure stands at 2,392 metres in the eastern region ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Mount Bromo – volcanic deity
Mt. Bromo, East Java, Indonesia. Exploring Remote Spaces. Credit: Matteo Basilici & Roberto Ercoli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)