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Water crater are said to differ slightly with other craters in West Java. water color is bright and always berubah2 finally the main attraction. surface of the crater is generally rocky and sandy white color, so that the crater was later known as the white crater. some researchers say that Patuha still active, so it found several craters that are still turbulent jets. also found near this place a 5-meter deep cave once used as a sulfur mine. no wonder if some steamy crater tiba2 lot, and visitors found terbatuk2 due to inhaling air that smelled of sulfur is very sharp.
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As sources disclosed above, various types of flora and fauna enriched existence of these attractions. Several types of flora include Cantigi, Lemo (supposedly smells like anise oil and can be used to repel snakes), Vaccinium (plants typical of the living area of the crater), and Eidelweis growing on top of the mountain. While the types of fauna that often arise include eagles, monkeys, deer, wild boar, panther and leopard.
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Long ago, people considered this region that haunted the area for many birds die instantly through this crater. he said again in this place is a royal dwelling place of the jinn and spirits of the ancestors. then denied even this belief, when in 1837 a Dutch scientist Dr German. Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn do penilitian and found that they will be none other awesomeness caused by the lava bursts of sulfur that smells strong. but when the discovery of the fact that people were not interested in making this place as a tourist attraction. PT Perhutani develop new after 1987, white crater area was made into a tourist attraction in western Java.
According to the information and images obtained EMR, sulfur / sulfur is a mineral of volcanic processes tend to be colored yellow or kehitam2an. The nature of sulfur, among others, are not soluble in water and soluble in petroleum, kerosene, conductor of heat and electricity is bad. when the fire burned blue and SO2 engasilkan foul-smelling gas. Sulfur is widely used in the fertilizer industry, paper, paints, plastics, synthetic materials, mengolahan petroleum, rubber, sugar, batteries, chemicals, explosives, petenunan, film and photography, metal and steel. In Indonesia has been known to six provinces that have the potential of sulfur with total reserves of around 5.4 million. for sublimation type, as long as the volcano is still active then this type of sulfur can be produced, so that resources are not considered limited sulfur sublimation.
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HOLIDAY FUN IN WHITE Crater(KAWAH PUTIH) Back to the crater and white, to where it is not difficult. Locations white crater can be reached through travel as far as 46 km or 2.5 hours south of Bandung. from the entrance, there are still about 5km to go. bs along the way we see the tropical rain forests and Eucalyptus. home of the white crater bs you guys go on to Situ patengan or camping to Ranca Upas, which is also the breeding of deer, and do not forget to stop at strawberry plantations in the region Rancabali. there picking your own fruit bs tuk to take home.
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