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Kizimen Volcano erupting, January 2011
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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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A lone larch watches over the frozen landscape of Kamchatka with the cone of Kronotsky Volcano rising in the backdrop
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The floor of the caldera of Uzon Volcano puckers with mini volcanoes
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The snowy ridge of the Taunshitz Volcano rises behind the rim of the caldera of the Uzon Volcano in June
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Kronotsky Volcano and river
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Kronotsky Volcano and foggy forest
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Krasheninnikov Volcano and Kronotsky Lake
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Krasheninnikov Volcano, named after the explorer, as seen from the coastal tundra
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Steams bursts from the many fissures of the Uzon Caldera, here in October colors
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Ducks beneath Kronotsky Volcano
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Hot mud pots in Uzon Caldera
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Autumn on the Kronotsky-Bogachevsky lagoon
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Kronotsky Volcano in autumn
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Kronotsky Volcano and Kronotskaya River
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In summer bears often go to the thermal field in Uzon Caldera for relief from swarms of bugs
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Dalnee (Far) Lake is still covered with ice in the Uzon Caldera in July
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Hot mud pots in Uzon Caldera
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Yellow sediments on a thermal field in Uzon Caldera
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Eastern thermal field in Uzon Caldera
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Bubbles in a hotspring in Uzon Caldera
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The only geyser in Uzon Caldera, which began functioning in 2008 and was named Turbid Geyser
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The surroundings of Kizimen Volcano covered in ash in March 2011
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Kizimen Volcano during its eruption, January 2011
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A full moon over Kikhpinch Volcano
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Fall colors on the Kronotskaya tundra by the lower Kronotskaya River with Kronotsky Volcano
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Khryukinka River in autumn with Kronotsky Volcano
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Lava outcrops on the shore of Kronotskoye Lake with Kronotsky Volcano
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Unana Volcano as seen from Kronotskoye Lake
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The twin summit of Krasheninnikov Volcano with Kronotskoye Lake and Kronotsky Volcano in the background
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Craters on the summit of Krasheninnikov Volcano
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Krasheninnikov Volcano as seen from the lower Kronotskaya River
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Khryukinka River during a low-blowing snowstorm
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The Tikhaya River doesn't freeze in winter and is the only river in the reserve with a slow current, flowing through coastal tundra
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Meteorologist Creek with Kronotsky Volcano
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Boiling mud forms new images with each puff of gas released in the Uzon Caldera
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Mud swirls. Clay heated from the depths of the Uzon Volcano forms rhythmic patterns
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Heat from volcanic depths makes for intersting formations in the caldera of the Uzon Volcano
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Miniature volcanoes. Small cones emit steam from the depths of the caldera of the Uzon Volcano
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Thermal waters rise from a spring rimmed with a colony of thionic bacteria in the caldera of the Uzon Volcano in June
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The ridge of the Taunshitz Volcano rises behind the rim of the caldera of the Uzon Volcano in July
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July in the caldera of the Uzon Volcano
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Uzon Caldera at dawn. The first rays of sunshine light up the summit of Uzon. Beyond it can be seen the two-headed peak of Taunshitz Volcano
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Dalnee (Far) Lake is still covered with ice in the Uzon Caldera in July
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A hot spring in the Uzon Caldera spews a large range of chemical elements
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A hot spring ringed by thermophilic bacteria is one of many unique phenomena in the vast caldera of the Uzon Volcano
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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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Snow still covers much of the Taunshitz Volcano in June