Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Photo Contest
  • Contest
  • Academy
  • Foundation
  • Events
  • Book Store
  • Search
2013 Multimedia Contest 2012 Multimedia Contest 2011 Multimedia contest 2012 Joop Swart Masterclass 2011 Joop Swart Masterclass
2013 Photo Contest 2012 Photo Contest 2011 Photo Contest The World Press Photo archive

Featured

The 2013 Photo Contest

Pacu Jawi Bull Race by Wei Seng Chen
Go to The 2013 Photo Contest
About the contest 2013 multimedia contest
2013 photo contest

Featured

View 'Lost and Found' and other winners from the 2013 multimedia contest
Go to
About the Academy Workshops Publishing
The Joop Swart Masterclass Video library Grants

Featured

Next#02

Featuring the work of the 2012 masterclass participants
Go to Next#02
About the Foundation Sponsors and partners
News Press

Featured

history of world press photo
Go to

Search

Back Previous Next winner Image 62 of 369
2011, People in the News , 2nd prize stories , Kemal Jufri
Photo information

Wrath of the Fire Mountain

View full context
Mount Merapi, in Central Java, Indonesia, erupted in late October, blasting hot rock and volcanic ash a kilometer and a half into the air, in what was said to be its largest eruption since the 1870s.
previous next
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Wrath of the Fire Mountain

08 November 2010

Ende Oktober brach auf Mittel-Java der Vulkan Merapi aus. Bei dieser vermutlich größten Eruption seit dem Jahre 1870 wurden heißes Gestein und vulkanische Asche eineinhalb Kilometer in die Luft geschleudert. Der Merapi ist einer der aktivsten von über hundert Vulkanen dieser Inselgruppe, der jedoch für seine langsamen, nicht-explosiven Ausbrüche bekannt ist. Aus der Region um den Merapi wurden über 350.000 Menschen evakuiert. 353 Menschen starben während der über einen Monat andauernden vulkanischen Aktivität.

Muntilan, Java, Indonesia Ash covers Buddhist icons for sale along a street on the western slopes of Mount Merapi. Mount Merapi, in Central Java, Indonesia, erupted in late October, blasting hot rock and volcanic ash a kilometer and a half into the air, in what was said to be its largest eruption since the 1870s. Days after the initial eruption came an even bigger blast, releasing pyroclastic flows – fast-moving currents of gas that can reach 1,000°C – which wiped out surrounding villages, even killing people outside the denoted danger zones. Merapi is one of the most active of over 100 volcanoes in the archipelago, but is known usually for non-explosive, slow eruptions. Over 350,000 people were evacuated from the area around Merapi, and 353 people were killed in a spate of volcanic activity that lasted over a month.

Photo credit:
Panos Pictures / Polaris Images

En su actividad más importante desde la década de 1870, el volcán Merapi, situado en la zona central de la isla indonesia de Java, entró en erupción a finales de octubre, lanzando rocas fundidas y ceniza volcánica hasta 1.500 metros a la atmósfera. Merapi es uno de los volcanes más activos de los más de 100 volcanes con que cuenta el archipiélago indonesio, pero es comúnmente conocido por sus erupciones lentas y no explosivas. Más de 350.000 personas fueron evacuadas de la zona de Merapi, y 353 personas murieron en una oleada de actividades volcánicas que duró más de un mes.

L’éruption du Merapi, fin octobre dans le centre de Java, Indonésie, expulsant des roches ardentes et des cendres volcaniques à plus de 1,5 km dans les airs est la plus forte depuis les années 1870. Le Merapi, l’un des volcans les plus actifs sur plus de 100 volcans éparpillés sur l’archipel, est connu pour ses éruptions lentes et non explosives. Plus de 350 000 personnes sont évacuées du pourtour du Merapi et 353 ont été tuées dans une vague d’activités volcaniques de plus d’un mois.

Alla fine di ottobre il risveglio del vulcano Merapi nel centro di Giava, in Indonesia, ha scaraventato in aria lapilli e ceneri vulcaniche per circa un chilometro e mezzo, in quella che è considerata la maggiore eruzione di questo vulcano dal 1870. Il Merapi, pur essendo solitamente caratterizzato da eruzioni lente e non esplosive, è il più attivo degli oltre 100 vulcani dell’arcipelago. Durante l’intensa attività vulcanica, durata oltre un mese, dalla zona intorno al Merapi sono state evacuate oltre 350.000 persone, mentre 353 sono decedute.

Eind oktober barstte op Midden-Java de Merapi uit. In wat naar verluidt de krachtigste uitbarsting sinds 1872 was, stootte de ‘Berg van vuur’ vulkanische as en gesteente 1.500 meter de lucht in. De Merapi is een van de actiefste van de ruim honderd vulkanen van de Indonesische archipel, maar hij staat juist bekend om zijn niet-explosieve, trage uitbarstingen. Hoewel meer dan 350.000 mensen waren geëvacueerd, eiste de stortvloed van vulkanische activiteiten die langer dan een maand duurde, in totaal 353 slachtoffers.

Story



Location

Muntilan, Java, Indonesia

Technical information

Shutter speed: 1/1000 s
ISO: 100
F-Stop: f/2.8
Focal Length: 26 mm
Canon EOS 5D
Camera: Canon EOS 5D

Related links

World Press Photo is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Organization links:

  • Smithsonian Institute Global Volcanism Program resource page for Merapi

Kemal Jufri

Kemal Jufri
Nationality:
Indonesia
Website:
www.lightstalkers.org/kj, www.panos.co.uk, www.polarisimages.com
About:
Kemal Jufri is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He started his career in photography as a contract photographer for the Agence France Presse (AFP) Jakarta bureau in 1996. At the end of 1998, he left AFP to work as a contributing photographer for Asiaweek, until the magazine closed down in 2001. Since then, as a freelance photographer, Jufri has worked regularly on assignment, covering stories across Asia for major publications around the world including Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Stern, Der Spiegel, Business Week International and many more.
Read more about this photographer

Photographer multimedia

loading

Share

  • Share
  • Share

Embed

 

 

00:00 / 00:00

 

 

 

Related links

World Press Photo is not responsible for the content of external websites.

In the media

  • Kemal Jufri profiled in The Jakarta Post

2011 Yearbook

Featuring the 2011 winners
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/publications/2011_yearbook

World Press Photo 11 iPad app

http://itunes.apple.com/app/2011-world-press-photo-contest/id426663516

Visit the 2011 World Press Photo exhibition

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/events

About the foundation

We exist to inspire understanding of the world through quality photojournalism.

Stay connected

Check our FacebookRead our TweetsRSS

Sign up for our newsletter

Sign up

  

Terms and conditions | Contact us | Press center