Mount Bromo is not the highest peak

Mount Bromo is an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia.

Mount Bromo is an active somma volcano in East Java, Indonesia.

Mount Bromo rises 2,329 meters but is not the highest peak here.

Mount Semeru nearby is higher, towering over the Tengger massif.

Mount Bromo sits in a volcanic caldera called the Tengger caldera.

Mount Bromo crater emits smoke in this volcanic scene.

The name Bromo comes from Brahma, the Hindu god of creation.

People visit Mount Bromo from the village of Cemoro Lawang nearby.

Mount Bromo erupted violently between November 2010 and January 2011.

Volcanologists issued an alert and restricted access during eruptions.

Tenggerese people offer food and livestock to the volcano gods yearly.

Mount Bromo is the most famous volcano in the Tengger mountains.