Imagine stepping into a painting where the colors are almost too vivid to be real—a turquoise lake so bright it looks like a Photoshop accident, surrounded by snow-dusted mountains that pierce the sky. That’s Lake Louise. Tucked away in Banff National Park, Alberta, it’s one of Canada’s most iconic—and surreal—natural wonders.

In the shadowy early hours of the morning, while most of the world is still wrapped in dreams, there exists a place in East Java where fire glows an electric blue, sulfur dances in the air, and the earth itself seems to breathe. Welcome to Kawah Ijen, one of the few places on this planet where you can literally chase fire in the dark—and not get burned.