Blue "lava" as seen at night on Kawah Ijen in Indonesia (Credit: Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0/ Wikimedia Commons)

The Kawah Ijen volcano on Java, Indonesia, is famous for its electric-blue "lava." But as you may have guessed, this is not actual lava. The striking glow is the result of a chemical reaction triggered by the high concentration of sulfur-rich gases trapped in the volcano.