Indonesians are closely related to their volcanoes, for example Indonesian children at school will most likely draw a rice field with two volcanoes in the background, there is a straight road that cuts through the rice fields leading to the mountain and there is a sun between the two mountains. at least more than one in their life
Gahaha if the art teacher asked us to draw it's almost like they don't ask us to just 'draw' but in our minds it specifically became 'draw the two peaks, ricefield, and a little hut' because that's the only drawing that we can draw volumes of.
Reminds me of that one documentary.. "This is the most active volcano in this part of the world..." "So when the last time it was active?" ".... Yesterday."
Great video! But as a professor with a PhD in volcanology, I need to correct two big mistakes: 1:22- Tectonic plates DO NOT "float around on molten lava." The Earth's mantle is actually solid (but ductile, like silly putty). Even if the mantle was liquid and "molten", it would be called magma, not lava, because it is not on Earth's surface. 6:59- Mount Merapi has not killed more people than any other volcano, not even in Indonesia. Mount Merapi has killed 5,369 people, during 15 deadly eruptions (especially deadly in 1672, 1930, and 2010). However: Tambora, Indonesia (1815)- killed 49,000 people Krakatoa, Indonesia (1883)- killed 36,000 Mount Pelee, Martinique (1902)- killed 28,000 Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia (1985)- killed 24,000 Kelut, Indonesia (1586)- killed 10,000 (*statistics from the published study: Brown et al., 2017)
@lion king Toba erupted 70.000 years ago, it making humans almost vanished from the planet, how thick the ash make sun cant go through and even caused an ice age
*Foreigners visiting Indonesia* -Foreigners: hey look, volcano!! -Indonesian: yeah we have tons of em, hey....we have big lizard too -Foreigners: omg its erupting! -Indonesian: yeah, thats the third one this week, you wanna see our big lizard?
That's what I call lazy representation. Srsly, yeah, Komodo is only in Indonesia, but come on now. Try to fucking at least preserve the other animals like Orangutan and Sumatran Tigers, those are also OURS. And the volcanoes, volcanoes are quite good as well.
As always, I LOVE your work. I'm sure this is just the first of many projects we will do together. PS. the ice cream machine was also broken in East Java...
@@rizkyananta5461 maybe he's just unlucky. If we use the 15% fail ratio from the previous McDonalds video, then the chances were 34 of 227 restaurants in Indonesia have faulty machines.
FunFact : - People do lives around those volcanoes (as near as 4km from the crater!) - You could climb those volcanoes. - Some even became recreational park. - Some of them erupted weekly (Merapi just erupted yesterday!)
Yes. Some of those volcanoes become the recreational park for tourist. The example is mount Bromo and Kelud in East Java. I've been hike both of those mountains. Because im living in East Java
Indonesian childhood : drawing twin volcanos, rice field, the sun in the middle of volcanos, a birds, drawing a big smoke on top of the volcano (wedus gembel). Teacher : A+
Kata Han-tu, yang artinya merupakan keburukan, karena kebalikan dari Tu-han yang dipercayai sebagai kebaikan. Orang Dimasa lalu sudah mengetahui hal ini secara mendasar, mereka mengetahui bahwa banyak hal buruk yang bisa disebabkan oleh gunung, itu bisa meletus kapan saja. Namun mereka terkadang menganggap bahwa gungung juga memberikan kebaikan seperti sifat Tuhan. Jadilah sesajen, dll. Kita generasi penerus hanya meneruskan tanpa tahu kenapa, karena lebih suka dengan "bagaimana" ketimbang "kenapa".
@@AmieW Merapi was hikeable. I used to hike it back in 2008, before the big eruption that killed Mbah Marijan. We used to reach the peak from north path. We can hike it double with Merbabu from Boyolali.
@@kitten9208 yes is hikeable, but not now since eruption happens everyday the authorities make rules to not to climb this mountain since any attempt to climb it will risk your life
I've hiked a few of these Volcanos and they really are spectacular, but those Sulphur miners really are doing some of the most intense work I've ever seen. The trek up the volcano is long and arduous in itself but once you get to the centre for the first time you're totally underprepared for the brutality of the environment. The gas sears your lungs and burns your eyes. It's relentless and unforgiving - even with a gas mask. And yet - Indonesia is by far one of the most beautiful countries on earth without question. The culture, the beaches, the jungles, the mountains and waterfalls. Nothing quite compares. I can't see a world in which I don't keep going back every chance I get to see more.
I remember like one or two years ago when there was a quake in LA and it was trending on twitter worldwide, i sat where i was and think, “surely its not that bad?” but i forgot completely that i’m indonesian, I’ve experienced handful of earthquakes in my 23 years of living to the point that I’m not that worried about it anymore just of how used am i to it. messed up.
Incredible video, Johnny! Indonesia is a vast, diverse and mesmerising place - a true pearl on this beautiful planet. If you or your audience now feel inspired, please do bear one thing in mind: be cautious and aware when it comes to wildlife tourism there. It can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience yet there's also a very gruesome dark side to it. We're currently researching on a story about wildlife exploitation for the tourism industry there and some of its facets are truly unbelievable.
Your wide-ranged curiosity never ceased to amaze me, Johnny. As an Indonesian, it is lovely to see one tries to spell the names correctly, although the 'Krakatoa' one should be closer to 'Krakatau' or maybe you can refer it to the more aptly-named "Anak Krakatau (Krakatoa's son)". It is also good to point out the importance of volcano to our local culture and religion, such as Bromo for Osing people, but you forgot Merapi is also being connected to the folklore of the Queen of the South Sea (Nyi Roro Kidul- Ratu Pantai Selatan) and the Royalty of Jogjakarta (Kesultanan Jogjakarta). Last but not least, if I may, I want to add that we also have Tambora, the one that causes Battle of Waterloo to went that way (the year without summer) and Toba, an ancient volcano of which the eruption leads to latest ice age. Again, thank you for giving Indonesia a shout, Johnny, terima kasih banyak!
@@DaniSC_l1 nyi roro kidul is a famous legend sometimes also used to scare kids but not anymore for example "don't go too far from the shore or nyi roro kidul will drag you down"
John, I'm an Indonesian living in Bandung, my house is not so far from the Tangkuban Perahu Volcano in northern part, in the south there are a row of Malabar, Patuha, Galunggung, Guntur volcanoes ,which if eruption the volcanic dust can reach here. why many people like to live around the volcano area. 1. The land is fertile, the water is fresh, the air is cool 2. the view is amazing, beautiful, nice scene. 3. The environment is comfortable, various animals can still be found, tigers, deer, wild boars, monkeys, various birds etc. 4. The forest is still primary, there are waterfalls, rivers and sometimes lakes. Where else can you find a paradise on earth like this? . is there a danger of explosion? there is, but who cares, it doesn't happen every year, maybe tens or hundreds of years, volcanic explosions are actually beneficial for residents, land is renewable and becomes fertile, sometimes the material is like sand, rocks can be sold, maybe there is also a REE deposit. Houses, rice fields, gardens can be destroyed and damaged?.. obviously, but sorry.. Itu will be rebuilt, Dangerous live?.. actually there have been emergency steps to avoid the consequences of the eruption made by the government. we are not so afraid of volcanic explosions, we are familiar to living with them, we are grateful that Allah Azza wa Jalla has given volcanoes, isn't it cool as a ring of fire area, a row of hundreds of volcanoes, who doesn't know the Toba explosion, Krakatoa, Tambora, Merapi, Bromo, Semeru, Leuser. Around Jakarta, there are Mount Gede, Pangrano, and GN Salak which are beautiful tourist areas, there are tea plantations, safari parks etc. btw, the sulfur mining work in Ijen is small, not all residents make a living from there, the main thing is agriculture and plantations. Please come in to Indonesia to climb hundreds of volcanoes here, maybe your whole life will never finish climbing all of them.
@@azhari7968 no. Toba is still active. And then Toba has so more swarm active earthquake many weeks ago, that make sense Toba still could be alive. Btw i'm from Medan City, North Sumatera
As an Indonesian i just wanna say, "visit Indonesia, we have deadly volcano, komodo dragon (also can kill you,) , a lot of incredible underwater diving spot, and unlimited beaches(not just Bali)". All you can enjoy with safe.
As long as you keep your house around 20-40 km from the top of Mount Merapi, it was not so dangerous. It has the best Disaster Mitigation in this Country (Indonesia). So you will have early warning before the mount erupts, and keep your place far away from disaster area map. But you will face another problems: earthquake (active Opak Fault located South to East from this Mountain), so you should avoid this place to build the home, or you must build with advance technologies to dampen earthquake wave amplification.
Unfortunately, they charge 10x price to enter Semeru-Bromo-Tengger National Park for foreigners (this is official charge), as many Indonesian tourism place for example Borobudur
@@turangga2641 yeah that's the only downside. They do the same in India where I'm from. So, I was kinda prepared for it. But it's high time they change those rules.
I grew up around a volcano called Sinabung, and it is an active one, my parents and two of my siblings still live there, the volcano erupted almost every week, and sometimes every day since 2010, some of the village already deep down buried by the ash, but the villagers already relocated to other area that goverment provided.
Yellowstone started its life as a LIP (a mantle plume that causes massive effusive eruptions) and then decided it wanted to blow things up. Toba and Taupo came by their supervolcano statuses via subduction.
I live in the city of Malang, East Java. My city is surrounded by 4 mountains. Mount Arjuna, Mount Bromo, Mount Semeru and Mount Kawi. here often occur small earthquakes centered from the seabed. This video reminds me of the dangers of eruptions. thanks for the knowledge.
Earth science student here, 2 small notes: the eruption of Tambora (1815) was larger than that of Krakatau, and when plates are spreading apart, they usually don't form islands, but oceanic ridges. Iceland is a place where the oceanic ridge comes out of the water, but this is more the exception than the rule.
Indonesia at least has three of ten deadliest volcano eruptions in the world of all time: Toba (yes, that super beautiful lake was actually a volcano that lost half its top), Tambora (which eruption caused famine in europe and america), and Krakatau (with its still living progeny)
9:27 that clip is when the band known as Seventeen was performing in the Banten province on Java when the tsunami hit. The vocalist was the only survivor of the tsunami; the rest of the vans, as well as the vocalist’s wife, perished in that unfortunate disaster.
9:25 Many foreign people don't know that the person on the stage is a singer who died because of the tsunami, including how many people were at the concert.
yup ... I think you're right. but it's also interesting to study about the lake Toba in North Sumatera that was a big volcane before it erupted. And when you study further about the eruption from that volcano (75,000 years a go), it was the biggest eruption ever that the scientist studied. they found the dust all over the world ... even in north & south pole if I'm not mistaken
The weather was so bad that a couple of authors couldn't enjoy their vacation in Switzerland and had to stay inside the whole time. One of them got so bored she wrote some book about a monster, called Frankenstein or something.
Hi there! I'm a geologist and this video was almost 100% accurate. Wanted to clear some things up for anyone who is interested. The plates actually sit on magma, not lava. Lava is magma at the surface and magma is lava beneath the ground. They aren't 100km thick. They range depending on if its an oceanic or continental plate. Oceanic plates are the thinnest (about 5-20km at most) while continental can be as much as 70km thick. Volcanoes can form near subduction zones, but its not the only place they can form. Divergent plate boundaries (like rift zones) can create volcanic islands, but not always. Also, a mudflow of volcanic ash (lahar) is formed not only when it rains, but also when the snow and glaciers on top of the volcano are melted by the heat, causing the ash to stick in the water and flow down the steep sides of the volcano.
Typically, mud flows (lahars) are from the melting of snow/glaciers at the top of the volcano. Sometimes rain can do it, but normally (elsewhere on earth) this is from glacier/snow melt.
Earth: "H- H- Hey God.. how are ya?" God: "Good, Wbu?" Earth: "Good, im here to ask for your permission" God: "Go on" Earth: "So... Can i customize the land of Indonesia?" God: "Of course, do as you please, just dont add too many volcanoes" Earth: "🙂" God: "Earth?" Earth "🙂"
Earth: I think this archipelago need some volcanoes God: So you will only make some volcanoes right? Earth: ... God: So you will only make some volcanoes right?
It's the same for natural disasters everywhere. I've known people terrified of earthquakes here, in California, but oblivious or just accepting of hurricanes or tornadoes they have seasonally.
@@theonlyholyDEMIGOD yeah cause they teach you about the volcanos in Indonesia, how they affect the locals there, and how they mine sulfur and its gasses. Come on bro. Get real. 🙄
I've been to Mt Merapi a couple of times, the last one was 2 years ago, there is a famous museum in one of its slopes during its increased activities. It just exploded about few weeks ago. The shocking thing is you never realise how tall the mountain is, it currently stands at 9,550 feet after bouts of eruption (Mt. St. Helens in comparison is 9,667 feet before the eruption). From Borobudur, I looked up the ring of fire surrounding Magelang regency, I assumed the peak was hidden among the clouds, but then I looked up some more, oh sh... the peak actually protruded above the clouds! Mt. Merbabu, another active volcano next to Merapi is more than 10,000 feet tall, but it is much less active. The next one is Mt. Sumbing at 11,000 feet tall, next to another volcano Mt. Sindoro (another 10,000 feet tall volcano). The names there aptly suggests what to expect of it: Merapi = Meru+Api = Mountain+Fire. Merbabu = Meru+Abu = Mountain+Ash. The volcano ashes is also why the Borobudur temple complex was saved. It was buried underneath thick ash and in the middle of dense jungle coverage when Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ordered his Dutch explorers to investigate the abandoned remains of the giant temple. The soil is very fertile, yes. I won't recommend anyone to grow Italian basil (Genovese variant) here, your garden will be instant jungle in 3 weeks. I instantly regretting my cheap pesto project.
I rented a house near Mt. Merapi, when it had small eruption in 2019 I can see how huge was the ash column. The villagers are just watched and talked about their experience during 2010 big eruption. Boy, they were so calm. We learnt to live harmoniously with the nature. But yes, there's still pretty dangerous under certain radius.
I've watched this video several times. It's very good video, not only talk about the volcano itself but you tell a story about our culture, and our way of life. From my perspective as a survivor of mount Merapi, we did not see the eruption as a disaster (yes it's super terrifying), but great blessing from earth. Lot of live has lost, but we are never angry at her, we always come back to her.
I live near Merapi, and yes, what a great land to live. Cool weather, pure water, fertile land, and or course the ashes when Merapi erupted. Luckily I live in the east of Merapi (the Ashes mostly gone to south or west). Java island is the most congested population in Indonesia, but the island's smaller than Sumatra or Borneo. We got no land to live and we climb up to the mountain to find a place to live.
6:30 yes, eventhough it's $21, food and basic daily necessities are pretty cheap in Java, the island where this volcano exist. Meals only cost you $8 per day. Less if you buy it from market and cooked it yourself. With other stuff you spend, you can bring around $7-10 to save. I say, that's a good paying work there.
I'm so surprised at how deadly these volcanos are being portrayed 😂 Ijen is the go-to trip for indonesians because of its beauty 😂 However yes, there r times when its closed off due to its activeness. The same goes for Gunung Merapi. It's part of an attraction site where people take us around jeeps (called a Lava tour) to explore the surrounding area. There's an abandoned house covered in ash there that was destroyed during an eruption decades ago. Now it's used as a mini museum. Personally I've never seen Krakatou but it's perhaps the only volcano taken that seriously by Indonesians. And Bromo is another go-to that is constantly pouring with both local and international tourists. It's mandatory to go there!
@@M-a-r-c it is so bad. I mean, so bad. It alter the world climate or weather for several years. The world Early access to climate change. But it goes to other way, instead of global warming, its became global cooling. If u knew phrase of year without summer. This is linked to tambora
Yup, most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, second most powerful during the time that humans have existed on earth. If you ever wanted an idea of what a Yellowstone eruption worst case scenario would look like, just look at the Tambora eruption.
There are Mt.Toba and Mt. Tambora too. Mt. Toba erupted about 75.000 years ago. The explode made the biggest caldera lake, Lake Toba in North Sumatra. Mt. Tambora in West Nusa Tenggara exploded at 1815, make the Mountain lost an half of high. If Mt. Tambora doesn't erupt, the high will same as Mt. Jaya Wijaya in Papua (FYI : Mt. Jaya Wijaya is the highest mountain in Indonesia, about >5000 meters)
Great stuff like always, Jonny! I really like the style you've developed over the years! Your vids are making huge strides in quality. Also thanks for putting the bar at the bottom when a sponsor comes up. The truth is no matter who I'm watching I always skip the sponsor but with a lot of videos I skip part of the actual video. This keeps me from doing that. Anyways, much love from SLC.
The opening video are from semeru and borneo volacano,then in 4th December the semeru volcano erupted and killed 30 people and more then 18 people still missing
I was actually on one of the beach that was hit by tsunami caused by Anak Krakatau eruption on 2018 at the night it was happen. We didn't feel any earthquake beforehand so most of us didn't prepare and run to safety. The water just suddenly rise without warning. I was lucky the beach I was on is not the one that was most severe hit by the tsunami. Love your content as always btw. So exited you finally talked about Indonesia.
Been to Ijen, Bromo, & Mirapi some of the best adventure I have :) its stunning to see the scale of it and fascinating that the locals just live with it.
I just found your content recently and I am so glad I did. You are so good at framing a topic and explaining it in a way for people to understand, even if they have no prior knowledge.
Hi I'm from Indonesia, when I was go to village and meet my grandma, I stay in village just 1 week, and someday the mount merapi in Java is activate and the fog is at my grandma house, and the temperature become so hot
Thank you 🙏 this is the most clear explanation. I'm from Indonesia, North sulawesi to be exact. Yes, Indonesia have them all and we've learned to live in peace with it. The volcanoes give and take back when it's time. We can only be grateful that we live in such a beautiful place
When you go to Java, be sure and go to the volcano museum in Bandung. I visited it in 1980 and totally enjoyed my whole morning there. Great video - it brought back wondaful memories. I walked across Bromo's crater from north to south after spending a day hanging out on the rim. And I at least saw all the other volcanos you mentioned including Krakatoa as I flew out from Jakarta to Singapore. Selemat Jalan!
I was literally just watching your videos since I've been working from home and saw you just uploaded this. Good timing as well because I was watching a doc on 536 AD and Krakatoa yesterday. Thanks for making these videos, they're great
Thanks for reminding me that I used to climb volcanoes in the Before Times! I have been to Merapi and Bromo, and much of your friend's footage is from the island of Flores, with the mysterious tri-color changing turquoise waters.. ., all incredible !! Hope we all can get back out travelling again soon 💖💖💖💖
I absolutely LOVE your channel hun! I have learned so much & it's a starting point for a deeper dive into researching various different subjects! Thank you for making these & please continue doing so! Sending all the love, positive vibes, good health & fortune the universe has to offer to you & your family
