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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Galunggung Mountain, Tasikmalaya in West Java

Mount is having height 2,167m mdpl, located 20 km southwest Tasikmalaya town the history have ever erupted several times, last of the year 1982. Having type last eruption volcanical vertical (like eruption of atom bomb mushroom) reach height of 20 km to space, followed blast piro clastic (flour) what rains town Bandung, Tasik, Arrowroot, Cianjur and other town in radius 100 km. Thick dirt during 4 month is rainy the towns. make misery that is enough. After eruption, 100,000 ha area of around flattening with ground to born down upon stone, sees lava and dirt. The top of the mountain has collapsed drift brought cool to look the lava to vinicity area, the stone and sand becomes benediction that is not the pot is cleans to mined.

At the time of the eruption, a Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 British Airways Sidney-London BA-009 that is passing by quickly in West Java south in height explores 11,000 m, fourth of the machine is dead on the spur of the moment at the time of at the same approximant, sucks dirt Galunggung, falls to height of 4,000 m within 16 minutes; but last minutes successfully is reanimated and crash land in Soekarno-Hatta and back is controlled the flight of after changing all the machine and win shield that is incised by silica dirt weight. One month then SQ Flight enters cloud galunggung, height of fall to 2400 m, 3 from 4 the machine death, Iucky one machines successfully is animated, and lands safely.

Now Galunggung Mount is being in a state of well-asleep, causing can be come near safely. Sees the history, the next cycle possible 43 years again. Crater of the existing Galunggung have been given 620 horses to reach 200m rest of the altitude from place of parking last. From cauldron lip, stand-out Tasik town resided in eastside its. As far as eye looks into seen trees is having color green, with the bar which seems to be still little. Looks into toward in, can be witnessed 40 ha new lake of eruption notching 1982 having color greenness.

Lake water taken care of not to exceed 1 million cubic by flowing the rest through tunnel to river Cibanjaran and Cikunir in east kaldera. nonintervention of This man, cauldron wall destroy can make awful floods of like the one have ever happened in Kelud mount in Kediri is the year by 1920. River water that is enough warmness, can be enjoyed in bath so called Cipanas or the river residing in 3km before cauldron is not far from place of parking under.

Wall kaldera is in the form of horse poultice. From both the back parts we can go down to base kaldera carefully. In dancing cauldron, besides lake also there is river stream with rock stone which equal to buffalo head scatters in where. One of place gone to be base kaldera is a mosque is residing in about 2 km in tip of south near by new cauldron wall. Behind the mosque there is a kind of small cave, place of meditating. In cauldron base, in lake periphery, alongside flowing river and or is near by mosque, be place that is usually is used to camp.

To reach cauldron Galungggung is not too difficult, from wayside Bandung-Tasikmalaya precisely in area Indihiang turn to right toward south, go through 15km countryside road which rather narrow of bough without road indicator board that is clear, enough bewildering initially, thus must often enquires. Also would often rubs up against sand truck which some time one of vehicle must retreat because in some part of narrow road and turn.

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