Indonesia Gallery Photo: April 2009

Lake Maninjau (West Sumatra)

Posted on 05.11 komentar (1) Label: West Sumatra

Lake Maninjau (Indonesian: Danau Maninjau, Meninjau means Overlook or Observation ) is a caldera lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located 16 km to the west of Bukittinggi, at [show location on an interactive map] 0°19′S 100°12′E / 0.317°S 100.2°E / -0.317; 100.2.The Maninjau caldera was formed by a volcanic eruption estimated to have occurred around 52,000 years ago.[1] Deposits from the eruption have been found in a radial distribution around Maninjau extending up to 50 km to the east, 75 km to the southeast, and west to the present coastline. The deposits are estimated to be distributed over 8500 km² and have a volume of 220–250 km³.[2] The caldera has a length of 20 km and a width of 8 km

Lake Toba (North Sumatra)

Posted on 04.53 No Comments Label: North Sumatra

Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a lake and supervolcano, 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres (1,666 ft) at its deepest point. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 m (3,000 ft), the lake stretches from [show location on an interactive map] 2°53′N 98°31′E / 2.88°N 98.52°E / 2.88; 98.52 to [show location on an interactive map] 2°21′N 99°06′E / 2.35°N 99.1°E / 2.35; 99.1. It is the largest volcanic lake in the world.[1] In addition, it is the site of a supervolcanic eruption that occurred 75,000 years before the present, a massive climate-changing event. The eruption is believed to have a VEI intensity of 8. This eruption, believed to have been the largest anywhere on Earth in the last 25 million years, may have had global catastrophic consequences; some scientists believe that this eruption may have wiped out much of humanity and may have created a population bottleneck that affected the genetic inheritance of all human survivors.

Long Beach (Bengkulu)

Posted on 20.13 No Comments Label: Bengkulu

Bengkulu long beach tourism object is a very exotic white sand carpet because that can still open the natural inspiration of the great power of greatness. This beach is located exactly on the west of Bengkulu.

Long Beach At Sunset

The length of time on the beach View from the top

Long Beach waves

Long Beach at blazing sun

Long Beach Morning break

Ampera Bridge ( South Sumatra / Palembang)

Posted on 03.21 No Comments Label: South Sumatra

The bridge is a bridge Ampera palembang pride of the city. South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The bridge was built since 1960 by Japan's government as compensation to Indonesia over its colonial past. Ampera bridge located in the center of the city of Palembang, the area between the area and the Ulu Ilir

Ampera bridge when night

Ampera bridge when night2

Ampera bridge when colonial Japan

Ampera bridge is very beautiful

Ampera bridge at noon

Baiturahman Mosque (Aceh)

Posted on 03.34 No Comments Label: Aceh

Mesjid Raya Baiturrahman is a large mosque located in the center of the city of Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. It is of great symbolic significance to the Acehnese people as a symbol of Acehnese religion and culture, especially since it survived the devastating 2004 tsunami intact.