Mutnovsky
Craters... |
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Hiking
up into Mutnovsky. Mutnovsky volcano is a compound volcanic
massif of height 2323 m. above sea level. It has numerous
and various fumarolic fields where one can see all different
forms of modern gas-hydro-thermal activity with magnificent
structures of volcanic sulfur of 2.5m. high and 5m.
in diameter. Some of these structures contains rare
minerals, such as markazite and metacinnabarite. All
this specific features make Mutnovski volcano unique
and allow to put it in a line with the most outstanding
thermal fields of the world.
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A
pup we ran into on our hike in. Ian't he adorbale? He
prob. weighed 75lbs. We ran into many people with dogs,
none of the dogs had leashes or collars. |
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Hiking
into Crater 2 at Mutnovsky. |
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Hiking
around Crater 2 at Mutnovsky We were surrounded by tourists.
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| Muddy
hot waters, sulfur deposits, and somewhere, although
I didn't see it, a cross set to memorialize a student
who'd fallen into these types of waters here and died.
Yikes. |
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Mutnovsky
3 crater. I was told that last year this lake was too
hot to support ice. |
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Doing
a pretty good job of it now. |
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Hiking
around crater 2, Mutnovsky. |
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Crater
2, Mutnovsky. |
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Not
our ride, damn. |
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Holding
a rock up. Was hard to breathe and stay in one place.
The winds could quickly carry fumes in and out. |
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| If
I am still enough, will I blend in? |
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Mutnovsky
Crater 2 area pano. |
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Some
sulfur coatings, almost druzy. |
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Hiking
out of Crater 3 to Crater 2, Mutnovsky. |
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Crater
2 Mutnovsky. |
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Vent
in Crater 2 Mutnovsky. |
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Close-up
of vent in Crater 2 Mutnovsky. |
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Pano
taken hiking out of Crater 3 to Crater 2, dark material
is recenlt landslide ontop of last winter's snow.
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Waterfall
off the flanks of Mutnovsky. |
