Faces of Bali - Gunung Kawi Tampaksiring

"An archaeological complex, one of the oldest religious places in Bali. It lies on gorge of Pakerisan River. To reach the complex visitors must walk about 600 metres from the parking area to the ticket counter...

Gianyar - The Mother of Ubud

"Gianyar Regency is located at central Bali , with Ubud as one of the district in Gianyar regency became a famoust tourist destination in the world. Until the fourteen century Bali was ruled Bali by the Warmadewa...

Eruptions of Anak Krakatau coupled with fireballs

"Serang, Banten (ANTARA News)- Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Sunday sent up fireballs coupled with earsplitting bursts for about five minutes.Juwono of the Mt Anak Krakatau monitoring post in Pasauran...

Krakatau child generates flames and fireballs

"Serang (ANTARA News) - After having remained quiet for the past two weeks, Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Tuesday resumed its volcanic activity spewing glowing material and fire balls into the sky, an officer at an observation post in Serang said.During the early...

Red hot rocks hurled from Anak Krakatau reach 2.5 km high

"The red hot glowing rocks spewed by Mt Anak Krakatau (GAK) in the Sunda Strait, Lampung province, on Sunday at 8.30 p.m had reached an altitude of up to 2.5 km, posing a potential threat to fishermen or other...

Seismometer at Mt Anak Krakatau resumes functioning

"The seismometer of the Mt Anak Krakatau (GAK) in the Sunda Strait, Lampung province, has resumed functioning on Sunday at 2.02 p.m West Indonesia Time, because of clear weather after heavy rains for several days in the area.Head of the Mt Anak Krakatau monitoring team in...

Anak Krakatau volcano quakes declining

"It was reported that from 00:00 to noon West Indonesia Standard Time (WIB), at least 124 eruptions, 28 volcanic quakes, 64 tremors and 40 quakes were recorded at the seismograph.So far, the frequency of eruptions and quakes of Anak Krakatau was fluctuating as marked by deep...

Mount Anak Krakatau eruptions not disastrous

Serang (ANTARA News) - Eruptions of Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, would not be so disastrous as the frequency of daily eruptions, volcanic shocks and tremors, has been fluctuating. Observers at the Anak Krakatau monitoring post in Pasauran village, Cinangka...

Mount Anak Krakatau eruptions attract foreign tourists

""Some 10 to 15 Australian and European tourists come here every day to observe the eruptions of Mount Anak Krakatau," Iman Faisal (35), a tourist guide at Carita beach resort in Pandeglang, Banten, said here Saturday. He said many of the foreign tourists take pictures of the...

No threat despite eruption at Anak Krakatau volcano: scientist

""Tremors from Anak Krakatau are still fluctuating but are still within the limits of the 'beware' status," volcanologist Anton told AFP, speaking from a monitoring post about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the island-volcano. "Even if a main (explosive) eruption happened,...

Activity of Mt Anak Krakatau increasing

Serang (ANTARA News) - The activity of Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait in the last 18 days has been increasing causing frequent volcanic tremors. Anak Krakatau also spewed molten lava and hot rocks reaching 700 meters high. According to the Anak Krakatau...

Child of Krakatoa growls again

"MOUNT KELUD Clouds of hot gas, molten lava and red-hot rocks spew out of Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa), as the volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts again. Meanwhile, at...

Anak Krakatau produces 24 tremors on Monday morning

""According to our record, it produced 24 tremors from the morning to the afternoon, or more than on previous days," said Anton S. Tripambudi, who is in charge of recording the volcano`s activity. During the same...

Three volcanoes simmering in Indonesia

"Scientists in Indonesia closely monitored three simmering volcanoes across the disaster-prone nation Friday, including the offspring of infamous Krakatau off Sumatra island. Ash has been spewing some 200 metres...

Mt Krakatau in Sunda Strait placed in "on-guard" status

"The volcano had produced 20 tremors and released 80-meter to 200-meter-long white-grey smoke plumes every hour over the past three days (Oct 24-26), Sigin, an officer assigned to keep a watch, said on Friday. In...

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