Sulfur crystals deposited from the steam vents at Mt. Io (Iozan:sulfurous mountain) an active volcano two kilometers from the onsen town of Kawayu in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Visitors walk near the foot of Mt. Io (Iozan:sulfurous mountain) an active volcano two kilometers from the onsen town of Kawayu in Hokkaido, Japan. The 512-meter high volcano inside the giant Kussharo caldera is named Atosa-nupuri in the indigenous Ainu language, which means naked mountain, and has more than 1500 sulfurous vents, which one should not be caught downwind from :D