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Another precious Indonesian commodity, sulfur, is still mined from active volcanic vents in Ijen Volcano, East Java, Indonesia.
Weir fishing off the coast fo Sumatra, Indonesia.
Weir fishing off the coast fo Sumatra, Indonesia.
Salt-gathering in evaporation ponds in Gresik is done only on sunny days.
A bugis schooner under full sail in the South China Sea Indonesia is home to the last great sailing fleet in the world.
Betel-nut chewing is a pastime enjoyed by all ages and genders
A performer in the San Po festival portrays one of San Po's (Zheng He) soldiers, who will escort the Admiral-god's image from...
On the last day of the sixth lunar month, many of the faithful from all over Asia dress as Zheng He soldiers and gather to ho...
Zheng He "soldiers" wear make-up as elaborate and colorful as might be seen in a Chinese Opera.
The festival, replete with lion and dragon dancers, lasts three days.
An image of Zheng He is paraded through the streets of Semarang inside a portable shrine, mimicking the movement of a ship ov...
The Ijen Volcano multiplex is a common place for sulfur mining and is comprised of several composite volcanos in Banyuwangi R...
Workers carry loads of sulfur, some weighing up to 175 lbs (80 kg), making three trips in a ten-hour day to the top of the vo...
Temperatures at the volcano can exceed 40 degrees celsius, and workers use face cloths to protect themselves from the noxious...
Temperatures at the volcano can exceed 40 degrees celsius, and workers use face cloths to protect themselves from the noxious...
A sulfur collector carries the yellow blocks in cane baskets up the edge of the volcano in the early dawn haze.
Pura Besakih is the most important temple in Bali, where the kind of tolerence espoused by Zheng He has been practiced for ce...
Once the most popular sport in Indonesia, cock fighting and the gambling that goes along with it is now officially banned, th...
In the best fighting form, these cocks and their handlers prepare for battle.
Monks of Wat Phanan Choeng dedicate their prayers to their god of prosperity, San Bao, as Zheng He is known here. He is also ...
Fisherman sort their nets in Belwan, a Sumatran port on the Strait of Malacca, Indonesia.
A commercial fishing boat burns from the base while ashore.
The bride and groom eat from a communal dish. The Batak people, described by Marco Polo as being cannibals are mostly Christi...
Orangutan emerging from tree- Orangutans are shy and defenseless creatures.
The lofty lights of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, dim under a cloud of smoke blown in from the forests of Borneo and...
A shipment of surgical masks reached Jambi, Sumatra, but such masks provide little protection against particle-laden haze.
With local health clinics overflowing with patients complaining of breathing difficulties, two weekend soccer teams play as i...
A ravaged piece of rain forest in Kalimantan, leveled by loggers months earlier, becomes the new home of Dayak farmer Abdur R...
As estimated 8,000 square miles of land burned - an area as large as New Jersey - Indonesian officials looked for scapegoats....
When clear-cutting stops, debris burning begins, as loggers in Kalimantan finish off remnants of rain forest to make way for ...
Rows of oil palms start off fast in a 30,000-acre tree farm wrested from Sumatran jungle. But drought and haze-reduced levels...
Spearheading the international response, a C-130 Hercules from Wyoming Air National Guard unleashes a 3,000-gallon water barr...
Despite roadside prohibitions and grim pollution alerts, schoolchildren in Kalimantan learn that fire is the handiest tool fo...
Despite roadside prohibitions and grim pollution alerts, schoolchildren in Kalimantan learn that fire is the handiest tool fo...
Ingredients for an environmental nightmare: late monsoon rains; the use of fire to clear land, practiced here by a farmer in ...
Salt-gathering in evaporation ponds in Gresik is done only on sunny days.
Children play in the surf on a Balinese beach.
Dressed in costume, dancers in Bali, Indonesia, participate in the Barong Dance.
Hiding out near Singapore, pirates fashion hooks to board ships. As the American and Russian naval presence in Southeast Asi...
Pirates operate out of Riau Islands. Piracy is a big problem in the South China Sea. Piracy was the worst during the 1980's &...
On the Riau Islands, Indonesia, pirates make hooks to board ships.
On the Riau Islands, Indonesia, pirates test hooks that will be used to board ships.
On the Riau Islands, Indonesia, pirates test hooks that will be used to board ships.
Pirates practice climbing bamboo poles for boarding ships..Batam, Indonesia
Pirates prepare to leave the Riau Islands, Indonesia, and find there first ship.
Pirates on their speedboat near the Riau Islands, Indonesia.
Pirates on their speedboat near the Riau Islands, Indonesia.
Pirates on their speedboat near the Riau Islands, Indonesia.
When darkness falls, pirates will zoom close on a speedboat, board over the stern, and, armed with knives, rob the crews of s...
Pirates operate out of Riau Islands. Piracy is a big problem in the South China Sea. Piracy was the worst during the 1980's &...