{"id":268534,"date":"2023-11-09T19:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=268534"},"modified":"2023-11-09T19:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:17:40","slug":"kawah-ijen-crater-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kawah-ijen-crater-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawah Ijen Crater Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: This post “Kawah Ijen Crater Lake<\/strong>” is based on the article “Acid cauldron on Earth: World’s largest acidic lake looks spooky from space<\/strong>” published in “India Today<\/strong>” on 2nd November 2023.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, which provides optical images of Earth’s surface, captured the stunning images of this Lake and its related natural phenomenon.<\/p>\n

What is Kawah Ijen Crater Lake ? Its location and its distinct properties?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Location in Java<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
What is it?<\/strong><\/td>\nIt’s the world’s largest acidic lake.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where it is located?<\/strong><\/td>\nIn the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano (centre of East Java, Indonesia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What it is known for?<\/strong><\/td>\nTurquoise blue waters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What are its distinct properties?<\/strong><\/td>\n(1) High concentration of acid<\/strong>– Lake filled with a high concentration of sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, as well as dissolved minerals, which makes it unswimmable.
\n(2) Very less PH value<\/strong>-The water in the Kawah Ijen Crater Lake has pH values as low as 0.5, similar to the strength of car battery acid.
\n(3) Emit high level of gases<\/strong>– It emits hot, flammable sulphurous gases that ignite upon contact with Earth\u2019s oxygen-rich atmosphere (gases burn with an eerie, blue flame, creating an enchanting nighttime spectacle).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nearby landscape Feature<\/strong><\/td>\n(1) Kawah Ijen volcano<\/strong>– It is a composite volcano located at the easternmost part of Java island in Indonesia and hosts the largest natural acidic lake in the world
\n(2) Raung or Gunung Raung Volcano <\/strong>(one of the most active volcanoes on the island of Java present in immediate southwest vicinity)
\n(3) Belambangan Biosphere Reserve, designated by UNESCO in 2016.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What is Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It’s a European Earth Observation mission that systematically acquires optical imagery at high spatial resolution (10 m to 60 m) over land and coastal waters.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus – Geography(Map)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post “Kawah Ijen Crater Lake” is based on the article “Acid cauldron on Earth: World’s largest acidic lake looks spooky from space” published in “India Today” on 2nd November 2023. Why in the News? The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, which provides optical images of Earth’s surface, captured the stunning images of this Lake and… Continue reading Kawah Ijen Crater Lake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,11209],"tags":[11872,11170],"class_list":["post-268534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-india-today","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":9,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699556186},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}