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Bunker Kaliadem

            The Bunker Kaliadem is one of the main tourist attractions around the Merapi volcano. In 2006 Merapi let loose an enormous pyroclastic flow. Two volunteers evacuated the village but had no time to flee themselves. So they decided to seek shelter in the bunker. Unfortunately the pyroclastic flow burried them under 4 meters of hot ash and debris. They hid in a small bathroom, but the flow was so hot, that they could not survive.

2010 a cave in happend and large rocks fell into the bunker. The roof was restored, but the rocks where left inside. Today the bunker ist only a museum.

Martin Siering and I decided to come back at night to capture the erupting Merapi over the bunker to create an image that mirrors the event of 2006, so that people can get a grasp of what it´s like to face certain death and how the people must have felt that fateful day.
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Der Kaliadem-Bunker ist eine der Hauptsehenswürdigkeiten um den Merapi-Vulkan. 2006 stieß der Vulkan einen enormen pyroklatischen Strom (Aschestrom) frei, der der Land über Kilometer hinweg überrollte. Zwei freiwillige Helfer, die das Dorfs nahe des Bunkers evakuierten, hatten selbst leider keine Zeit mehr zu fliehen. Daher schlossen sie sich im Bunker ein und versteckten sich im Badezimmer. Doch leider bot der Bunker nicht genügend Schutz. Der heiße Aschestrom begrub sie unter 4 Metern Asche und Schutt und verbrannte sie.

2010 stürzte die Decke ein und große Felsbrocken fielen in den Bunker. Die Decke wurde zwar wiederrepariert, aber die Steine wurde im Bunker belassen. Heutzutage ist er nur noch ein Museum.

Martin Siering und ich sind Nachts zum Bunker zurückgekehrt, um ein Bild des ausbrechenden Merapi über dem Bunker festzuhalten. Dieses Bild soll einen Einblick darin geben wie sich die Menschen damals 2006 gefühlt haben müssen, als sie dem Tot ins Auge blickten.

Taken in: Indonesia / Central Java / Bebeng (show map)

Taken on: August 17, 2024

Tags:

Volcano

Merapi

indonesien

Yogyakarta

Lava

Lavaflow

pyroclastic

Flow

eruption

night

stars

nightphotography

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/3.5, 10 sec, 35mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	35.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	10
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.4 (Windows)
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