Kamchatka: where the Earth bares its soul

Kamchatka: "Bears and volcanoes" trip run in 2003
Pictures by Vladimir Stolyarov, the Wild Russia photographer

A ship lost on the beach of the Pacific	Group of Wild Russia tourists on the Pacific coast	Famous black sand beach near Petropavlovsk
Adventure on a dirt road	Off-road truck got stuck in the middle of a ford across Avacha	Horses can be provided upon request
Trekking in Kamchatkan mountains	Sunrise in Kamchatkan forest	In the heart of Kamchatkan mountains
Mess-tent is spacy and comfortable	Sun rises over the mountain above the camp	Camp near Timonovskie Springs
Taking bath in the Timonovskie Springs	Hot natural water	Resort near the Timonovskie Springs
Erman's birch on a steep slope	Horseriding in meadows full of flowers	Early morning near the Timonovskie Springs
Sun goes down behind Kamchatkan mountains	Fire in a wood deep in valley near the Timonovskie Springs	Learning to fly...
Start of rafting down the Avacha river	Good rowing!	Excellent fishing!
Adventures are ahead.	There will be enough fish for everybody.	Along the ways of Russian Cossacks
Hunter's tales	Masterclass of experienced fisherman	An island in the middle of the Avacha river
A pool of melt water in volcanic desert	Natural jacuzzi near old golden mine	Taking bathes in natural springs near Rodnikovaya
Offroad "monster" in volcanic caldera	"Wild Russia" tourists in the Gorely volcano caldera	Climbing snowy slopes of the caldera
Bold face again	Taking pictures in the caldera	Remains of volcanic activity
	Walking in a strong wind in the caldera covered with sand and volcanic ashes is not so easy.
A piece of solidified lava	A marmot!	Struggle for life in volcanic desert
Exclusive: comfortable inn almost on the edge of a crater.	Technikal miracle: electrical power from underground.	Minigeysers in the Valley of Dachniye springs.
Artificial geyser	Dachnye Springs are in some sense even better than the Valley of Geysers	"Boiling pan"
Snow and boiling sulphur are close together.	Thousand of smokes	"Wild Russia" tourists among minigeysers.
Light show over the Avacha volcano	There are 70 km from here (Avacha base camp) to Mutnovsky, Gorely and Vilyuchinsky volcanoes.	On the edge of the Avacha crater
Following along the edge of the Avacha crater	On the top of the Camel Cliff near the Avacha vlc.	Natural sulfur is everywhere.
Avacha bay coast in Petropavlovsk	Gopher-suslik-evrashka	View from the Avacha base camp
Petropavlovsk water-front	Different "gifts" on the beach in Petropavlovsk	Wreck on the beach in Petropavlovsk

Other pictures by V.S.: the Altai mountains, the Sayan mountains, St. Petersburg, the Karelian istmus in winter, Iceclimbing in the Karelian istmus.

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