Fire and brimstone: watch volcanoes emit psychedelic blue flames

Hawaii volcano: blue flames burn in streets as methane escapes

Hawaii volcano: blue flames burn in streets as methane escapes Watch this video on YouTube. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been spewing hypnotic blue flames thanks to the burning brimstone (aka…

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been spewing hypnotic blue flames thanks to the burning brimstone (aka sulfur).

That doesn't hold a candle (so to speak) to a perpetual purple-blue flame field at Indonesia's famed Ijen volcano.

Nick Uhas went to Ijen and filmed the phenomenon, then came home and simulated the effect:

Indonesian Blue Fire: Volcanic Crater Of Ijen

Hawaii volcano: blue flames burn in streets as methane escapes (YouTube / Guardian News)