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Fire and brimstone: watch volcanoes emit psychedelic blue flames

Hawaii volcano: blue flames burn in streets as methane escapes

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:

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

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