Mutnovsky
West ... |
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Break
1! Hiking up the back side (which is actually West)
of Mutnovsky. |
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Climbing
up a face of rubble and snow to reach the West side
of Mutnovsky. |
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And
we're still climbing up a face of rubble and snow to
reach the West side of Mutnovsky. |
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A
good spot to eat luch, on the ridge edge, in preparation
to hike around and down the West side of Mutnovsky. |
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Pooped!
At the top of Mutnovsky Crater 2 we listen to lectures,
and/or take a nap. |
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View
toward Crater 4 of Mutnovsky (the one with the fumes
coming out), while looking over at Crater 2. |
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Dr.
John Eichelberger taking it all in, overlooking Crater
2 of Mutnovsky. |
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field school over looking Crater 2 of Mutnovsky, in
awe no doubt. |
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Can
you see them the tiny little hikers taking the route
we took to get to Mytnovesy Cratrs floor? |
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Hi
dad. |
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Hi
Lauren and Eric. |
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Dr.
Eichelberger and his trusty portable dry-erase boards!
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Down
we go! We crested the top of that big outcrop and heading
straight down the snow! |
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See,
wheeee! In the distance, to the right, is Viluchinsky
volcano. I saw it's other side from the city of Petropavolosk
later in the trip. |
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Sometimes
there wasn't enough snow, or if you were less graceful
on ski slopes, like me, you prefered rock, to side-step
your way down. |
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Dr.
Eichelberger giving us a lecture, without the dry-erase
boards!
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Viluchinsky
volcano with the Mutnovsky
Geothermal Power Plant in the foreground. Left to
right Koryakskaya Spoka and Avachinsky volcanoes are
in the background. |
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Viluchinsky
volcanoin the foreground, Koryakskaya Spoka volcano
in the background. |
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Viluchinsky
volcano. |
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| Viluchinsky
volcano in the foreground. Left to right Koryakskaya Spoka
and Avachinsky volcanoes are in the background. |
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Vent,
test well for the geothermal power plant. |
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Hole
in the ice field we're walking on. |
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Sunset
over Mutnovsky. Crater 4 venting. |
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Mutnovsky.
Crater 4 venting. |
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Viluchinsky
volcano in the foreground. Left to right Koryakskaya
Spoka and Avachinsky volcanoes are in the background. |
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Left
to right Koryakskaya Spoka and Avachinsky volcanoes
are in the background. |
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Ridge
walkers on the way hope. |
