A miner chisels out chunks of sulphur as he readies his basket to carry out of the bowels of the Ijen volcano in East Java, Indonesia. Miners carry an average 154-pound (70kg) load about a mile up and out of the volcano and then about a further two miles down to a weigh station.  Each miner undertakes an average of two such loads per day and receives payment of around US$0.09 per kilogramme carried.  This miner can be seen chewing on his scarf to help prevent the ingress of sulphur dioxide and hydrogen sulphide into his body
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