The symmetrical Mount Kronotskiy is one of the 200 volcanoes on the Kamchatka peninsula, which presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

An acid lake within the crater of Maly Semiachik volcano. The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

Since Mount Karimsky's last eruption in 1996, it has regularly spouted plumes of ash up to five kilometers high. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kamchatka peninsula, which presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

Ash from Mount Karimsky colors the water. The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

Mount Tolbachik's 1975 eruption lasted a year and a half, sending fountains of lava over two kilometers into the air, and emitting clouds of ash and toxic substances that asphyxiated and bleached surrounding forests. This peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

Vegetation returns after being smothered by ash during the eruption of Tolbachik Volcano in 1975. The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

Pools of hot water in the middle of the tundra. The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

Rising sulfuric gases explode in bubbles on the surface of the Uzon caldera, a volcano in its death throes. This peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

At the foot of a glacier that has covered a volcano, hot springs have astonishing hues. The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

The Kamchatka peninsula presents a landscape of geysers, boiling lakes and active volcanoes.

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