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Kizimen Volcano erupting, January 2011
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Baikal seals (nerpa) bathe in the June sun on melting ice
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The lower reaches of the Listvenichnaya and the shore of Kronotskoye Lake covered in ash from the eruption of Kizimen Volcano
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In the central part of the Kronotsky Peninsula
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Winter mountains with Erman birch forest cover
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Semyachiksky Bay formed by a sandbar along the Pacific coast teems with bird and marine mammal life. In the background, the snow covered Kikhpinych and Kronotsky volcanoes are visible
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The large channels of the Shumnaya river appear to be rivulets from the air
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Shumnaya River near its source in the caldera of the Uzon Volcano
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Khryukinka River near its confluence with Lebyazhka River
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Unan River Valley
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Lower reaches of Meteorologist Creek
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This long ridge between the lakes is a continental divide between the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
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Chapel in Glazovo
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Restored watermill
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Wooden Church of St. Alexander Svirsky on Khizh-Gora
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Lake Maselga from above. Kargopolsky sector of the national park
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Morning fog on the Nugush River in Bashkiria National Park
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Snow-covered Kronotsky and the Pacific Coast. Kronotsky Volcano, with its near perfect cone, is connected to the cold waters of the Pacific by the Kronotskaya River
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Pristine coniferous forests in the Malaya Laba river valley upstream of the Umpyr ranger station
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Yugyd Va is one of the largest national parks in Russia: its area is about 2 million hectares, it stretches from north to south - 280 km, and from west to east - 120 km ...
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Pristine coniferous forests of the Altai Nature Reserve with Teletskoye Lake as a backdrop
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The rocky banks of the Shchugor River
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The perfect cone of Kronotsky Volcano is visible everywhere in the reserve. The frozen edge of Kronotskoye Lake is in the foreground
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Wooden Church of St. Alexander Svirsky on Khizh-Gora
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An 19-th century wooden сhurch at Khizh-Gora near the village of Maselga
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Lake Eight in the Itkul Lake cluster
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Steppe lakes in the Itkul Lake cluster
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Kuril lake. Cape Travyanoy (Grassy) and mouth of the Khakitsyn River
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Kuril lake. Cape Travyanoy (Grassy) and mouth of the Khakitsyn River. View from a helicopter.
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The Torgovaya River flows into the Shchugor River
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Snow still covers much of the Taunshitz Volcano in June
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A peat bog in the middle of the taiga
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A swamp in the taiga. View from above
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View from above. Swamp rhythms
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The Yerinat River (left) flows into the Bolshoi Abakan River (right). On the bank of the Yerinat you can see the buildings of the Lykov hermit family
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October stone birch forest. The folds of gorges form deep shadows in a brightly colored autumn forest
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Lower "gate" on the Schugor River
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Lower "gate" on the Schugor River'. View from above
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The beginning of golden autumn in the forests of the Caucasus Nature Reserve
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Sockeye salmon from above
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Kuril lake. Bear and salmon from above
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Kuril lake. The mouth of the Hakitsin River after the typhoon
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It's a beautiful morning. The Samangi Islands in the northern part of Lake Kuril
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Kutkh’s Bats (Boats) are a natural monument created from bizarrely exposed pumice. Literally translated, this site's name is «Boats of the god Kutkh». Located four kilometers from the source of the Ozernaya River (Kuril Lake)
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The crater of Ilyinsky volcano from the northern side. In the background is Kuril lake in the morning fog...
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Morning fog over the lower reaches of the Hakitsin River
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A swirl of fog over Kuril Lake near Mount Kirushutk
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Kuril lake. Photographers and bears at the mouth of the Vychinkia river