Rumble rumble

I don't know how old this picture is, but it is similar to a picture that was in this morning's Jakarta Post of Gunung (Mount) Merapi in Central Java. It's possible you've heard the news, this mountain could erupt any day now. Apparently it's Indonesia's most dangerous volcano. The government has been evacuating people who live near the mountain. Never fear though we live quite far away from it, so we are in no danger. You may remember a previous post where I included a picture of Borobodur (the Buddhist temple) that featured a smoking Merapi in the background.

Nature is very cool.

At a safe distance...

PS: I borrowed the map from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapimages/south_east_asia/java/java.gif and the Merapi picture from http://www.bali-paradise.com/beyondbali/yogyakarta/images/merapi.jpg. I figured I'd better cite my sources since I lecture my kids about doing it in class.