Kemal Jufri – Living in the Shadow of Fire Mountains | LensCulture

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Living in the Shadow of Fire Mountains – Photographs and text by Kemal Jufri | LensCulture

For generations, families in Indonesia have lived at the foot of active volcanoes

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Indonesia, home to more than one hundred volcanoes, sits directly above the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the Alpide Belt cuts across the country’s two main islands of Java and Sumatera. Due to its critical position atop the equatorial earthquake belt, this archipelagic nation gets its ample share of devastating temblors and equally perilous volcanic eruptions.