The steaming surface of Kawah Ijen crater lake from the southern rim in July 2000. The outlet of the lake is blocked by a small dam to the left. The maximum depth of the lake in 1996 was 180 m and the volume of the lake had gradually decreased from 0.044 km³ in 1922 to 0.036 km³ in 1996. The location of the most active vents below the lake surface have shifted to the W, towards the dam.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 2000 (Smithsonian Institution).

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