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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Russian Far East (5 galleries) >> Kamchatkan wonderland | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Kamchatka's convoluted terrain, its brown bears and bubbling geysers are the show-stoppers of the Russian Far East. These ranks of smouldering, snow-capped volcanoes form a link in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'.
In this Wild West frontier region, off-limits to travellers until recent years, travel is undertaken on an epic scale, whether by six-wheel-drive truck, 22-seater military-style helicopter or by inflatable rubber boat. Ironically, much of the region remains protected by strict nature reserves reserved in Soviet times.
These images were taken with Nikon D200 (10 mpx) using RAW format, and are available for licensing.
 Volcano views |
 Volcano views |
 Koryatsky Volcano |
 6-wheel-drive excursion truck at the Avachinsky Volcano base camp |
 Flowers on the flank of Avachinsky Volcano |
 Poppies colonising a volcanic scree slope |
 Arctic squirrel, Nalychevo Nature Park |
 Ice mounds at the foot of Avachinsky Volcano |
 MI-8 helicopter in Nalychevo Nature Park |
 Inside the MI-8 helicopter |
 Views from the helicopter |
 Views from the helicopter |
 Hot springs in Uzon Caldera |
 Geothermal mud pools, Uzon Caldera |
 Geothermal mud pools |
 Wild iris |
 Exploring the head of Russkaya Bay |
 Steller's sea eagle |
 Steller's sea lion |
 Colony of sea lions |
 Vilyuchinsky Volcano |
 Snowmelt waterfall, Vilyuchinsky Volcano |
 Upper Paratunka Springs |
 Olga Bay, Kronotsky Reserve |
 Ranger station at Olga Bay, Kronotsky Reserve |
Brown bear, Olga Bay |
 Brown bear, Olga Bay |
 Brown bear, Olga Bay |
 Red fox near Olga Bay |
 Kronotskaya Volcano, Olga Bay |
 'Spirit of Enderby' off southern Kamchatka |
 Fluke of an Orca or killer whale |
 Salmon fishing, Zhupanova River |
 Fishermen, Zhupanova River |
 Mother & daughter cooks, Russian Far East |
 Dusk settles over the Kamchatkan coast |
| Philip Game | 27-Aug-2011 22:03 | |
| ss | 25-Aug-2011 17:35 | |