Mt. Semeru Volcano - East Java, Indonesia

Mount Semeru (Gunung Semeru) towers over East Java at 12,060 feet (3,676 m), the highest peak on the island, and on clear mornings its gray cone rises above a sea of clouds with a smaller volcano standing beside it.

Semeru has been erupting almost continuously since 1967, and small ash explosions often burst from its summit crater, Jonggring Seloko, every 10 to 30 minutes. Above about 10,200 feet (3,100 m), nothing grows on its slopes of loose sand and rock.

The mountain sits inside Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, which covers about 194 square miles (503 km²) and is home to the Tengger people, who follow a Hindu-based faith and live in around thirty villages in the hills.

Did You Know? Semeru is also called Mahameru, which means "Great Mountain," a name linked to the sacred mountain of Hindu and Buddhist belief.

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