The Ijen Crater provides stunning views of nearby mountains (Picture: Getty)
A tourist plunged 250 feet to her death into a volcano as she posed on the crater while her husband took a picture.
The victim, 31-year-old Chinese national Huang Lihong, tumbled into the Ijen Crater in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, on April 20, according to local media.
It is understood that she stumbled and fell after catching her clothing on the rock face and disappeared down the crater.
Local media said that she and her husband Zhang Yong had climbed the slope with a local guide so they could watch the sunrise from the volcano’s rim.
But as Lihong posed for the snaps, she stumbled and ended up tumbling backwards over the edge.
One photograph released after the fall shows Lihong posing on what appears to be the rim of the volcano with one leg raised and wisps of steam and Sulphur gas rising behind her.
Huang was seen posing with one leg up before she fell (Picture: Newsflash)
It took three hours for rescuers to reach her body (Picture: Newsflash)
Local media said that she fell 250 meters into the mouth of the volcano. It later took rescuers more than two hours to retrieve her body.
Dwi Putro Sugiarto, the head of the Department of Conservation for the Banyuwangi region, told local media that the incident was an accident and that tourists should always remain safe while scaling Mount Ijen.
Local media reported that her body is scheduled to be transported to Bali before it is taken by air back to China.
Mount Ijen is part of a group of volcanoes on the border between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso in East Java.
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They are known for their blue fire, which is an effect created by Sulphuric gas emanating from the crater and igniting and burning.
Just days ago, 2,100 people were forced to evacuate the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia after Mount Ruang began erupting.
Dangerous ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami is caused a risk for those living near the active volcano.
Officials feared that part of the volcano could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami which happened after one eruption in 1871.
Tagulandang island could be at risk if a collapse happened. Its residents were relocated to Manado six hours away by boat, Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency said.
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