An early morning trek to the top of the outer crater of Mount Bromo, in Eastern Java, produced the most amazing photography of my trip.  Mount Bromo actually is a steaming active  volcano situated in a large outer crater, and is part of a chain of still active volcanoes on Java.

 During the day, the outer crater is an ashen moonscape in which sits a somewhat ghostly Hindu Temple. 

However, in the early hours of the morning, mist fills the outer crater transforming this moonscape into a stunning lake of cloud from which emerges the inner crater, often giving off quite a bit of steam.  In the background, another volcano in the chain lets fly some ash. 

I shot about 12 pictures and got three or four nice ones, of which this is the real stunner of the bunch.  My scanner is not so hot, but hopefully it will not interfere with what you see.

Steve