Merapi Vulcano
Merapi volcano :
lied 35 km, northern side of Jogjakarta, when the weather is clear, a spectacular sight of the panoramic view that covers the surrounding forest of Plawangan and Kaliurang, and rolling green countryside that fades into distant misty horizons of the blue Indian Ocean can be seen easily. It is better to do mount climbing during the dry season (April-September). There are two paths of mount climbing to the top of Merapi. The easier way is the north path, through Selo, Boyolali Center Java. The most difficult path is from Kinahrejo, (9 km from the mountaintop, but you will need around 8 hours to climb to the top due to difficult path).
We visited the mountain to the southeast and if the weather permits we will be able to see the peak of Mount Merapi from a distance of 5 km, where we will make a Merapi soft trekking, walking on the sand volcanic lava flows path, looking at the last eruption on Merapi in the village of Kaliadem, here we will see stunning scenery last eruption of Merapi, a river which is filled with material comprising volkanic rocks and volcanic ash where a lot of people who take volcanic material to be sold to make buildings
The last information about Merapi
YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -The danger status of Mount Merapi in Central Java has been raised following its increasing activity on Thursday.
“The Volcanology Technology Development and Study (BPPTK) Agency in Yogyakarta has officially raised the danger status of the volcano from ’alert’ to ’prepared’ at 6pm on Thursday. As of today the status of Mt Merapi is prepared,” the chief of BPPTK in Yogyakarta, Subandrio said. He said the volcano’s activity has been rising over the past few days marked by tremors and lava flows.
“The eruption this time tends to spread in three directions namely to the south, southwest and to the north although no confirmation cannot as yet be made,” he said. He said the extent of the lava flows could not be determined as yet as the lava dome had not yet formed.
“If a lava dome is already built confirmation regarding the extent of the lava flow during eruption could be made,” he said.
He said in the 2006 eruption the flow reached as far as seven kilometers away from the mountain’s peak. “But in line with every hike of activity it is not impossible for the eruption to flow lava up to 15 kilometers away,” he said.
Subandrio said because of the significant rise in activity of the mountain mount climbing activity had been stopped. “For safety reasons the climbing routes have been closed,” he said.
A mountain monitoring worker at the post in Kaliurang, Triono, said the sound of volcanic material flows had more often been heard. “Today we have heard twice. We have been able to hear lava flows directly,” he said.
According to monitoring data on October 20, there have so far been 11 deep volcanic tremors, 28 shallow volcanic tremors, 479 multiphase tremors and 85 lava flows. “Today from 00.00 hours to 07.00 hours there was one volcanic tremor, 69 shallow volcanic tremors, 69 multiphase tremors and 32 lava flows,” he said.
