Wilderness without bounds, in a typical Russian style.
There is a place in the world so remote and so wildly beautiful, that very few decide to go there and those who do, carry the enchantment for the rest of their lives. A land of towering volcanoes and magnificent Pacific coastline, as boundless and pristine as theCanadian North , but far less known and definitely less traveled. Life is harsh there, and the ghosts of the communist past are never too far behind.
With the exclusive permission of "Kamtravel" - Kamchatkaphotography site , we give you some examples of its exhilarating terrain (click to enlarge)
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Avachinskaya Bay:
![](//lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh-oRnMrI/AAAAAAABEuw/3ebcD421pXY/s720/v2.jpg)
![](//lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh_OE5lHI/AAAAAAABEu4/SSDnysD1hvc/s720/v3.jpg)
![](//lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh_ihIunI/AAAAAAABEvA/UfS9T8H8xKg/s720/v4.jpg)
![](//lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziAsoSH0I/AAAAAAABEvI/AvQHpuIihRg/s720/v5.jpg)
View on Domashny ("The Tamed Ones") Group of Volcanoes:
![](//lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziBNbhqvI/AAAAAAABEvQ/cuLNuXN4jlo/s720/v6.jpg)
OldMan Island (looks like one of Alan Lee's "Lord of the Rings" paintings):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWSknPG7E3Ovc_DnFRb4UYDVp91E4nm7rrXuKp1KpuEUXqAeJIiGMcDCkR1o0NxH5Kw5R2vmtJ4ENAoEttQysxQjNR4gCz446LGGsY9_NceaLKBFlo9u2QmccJyXoqfrIKtVEXfxdLEbQ/s720/v7.jpg)
Three Brothers:
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziCXtGX9I/AAAAAAABEvg/qcyiJmvPW2g/s720/v8.jpg)
Around the Mutnovski Volcano:
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziDhURQVI/AAAAAAABEvo/4yRKwdL32rc/s720/v9.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2fdeMTrInn0AULDfJIHqN90H_3S7914vMkaQgpSZjjB-YQsd7SDP_6sBJIOD8195PNrnkUd7XJ8zPuTLQzcfiN_Yy09kDoV1nLJDdvw4P1buW2a8DGAtvqtiraKLvTDNwJaCB8YlkmXk/s720/v10.jpg)
![](//lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziHbuX9sI/AAAAAAABEv4/85D9c0UBgHM/s720/v11.jpg)
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziJF5b5RI/AAAAAAABEwA/NzyxZ6vt-6A/s720/v12.jpg)
![](//lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziKuOeH-I/AAAAAAABEwM/tHKHnNTWzeI/s800/v13.jpg)
Komandorskie Islands:
![](//lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziL1nv2nI/AAAAAAABEwU/PRpXyZky8Ew/s720/v14.jpg)
Steller's Arc:
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziMfTuFCI/AAAAAAABEwc/XAQJwu55kZc/s720/v15.jpg)
Bering Island:
This sign literally points to the "middle of nowhere" (among a few other very far away places)
![](//lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziM_IJiRI/AAAAAAABEwk/PoKBAVcatTc/s720/v16.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1adAJ3kVUwJa0HLZ4TZHBEKs2-F4EypySmIfsimSdFqsB2ASQJIHl_gAHm81unx8LnPBky3jPTbTk6Wuy7_R759QRZGwECzcpu8HDD_5CirbgvwnfZff7gNsDTRHPLBQoiUHFm7rx4-h/s720/v17.jpg)
Winters are brutal, especially when supplies run out:
![](//lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziONUpW4I/AAAAAAABEw0/uippXUIdtz8/s640/v18.jpg)
Power station almost buried in 10 meter snow:
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziOonNJwI/AAAAAAABEw8/zXphCGtfz4o/s640/v19.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-7dGSnj9UUIh9HSZ6bQkhakmuhmF_hbzl_wMggNj8zKv53uutzlG9LWkKP2ST9Nk9Lsw6yNm5ClRattaNKj1tlCZgtIYc1po7C4g25nvqgpeGyijAlz5mCTB2krkYq-9xHtLZLUKhzil/s640/v20.jpg)
Amazingly, it's still in operation!
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziQJvTbhI/AAAAAAABExM/JQjItXfi3oQ/s640/v21.jpg)
Looking for the pump house, buried under 17 meters of snow:
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziQwToGaI/AAAAAAABExU/XMB8z4bkBr4/s640/v22.jpg)
City of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski lies in the shadow of Avacha volcano, a particularly active one (called a "decade" volcano, with longhistory of explosive eruptions)
![](//lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziRhSqPfI/AAAAAAABExc/YnTw8yHV6tQ/s720/v23.jpg)
![](//lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziSEgUFII/AAAAAAABExk/MF9g83h74vg/s720/v24.jpg)
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziSpNV0BI/AAAAAAABExs/oEFt36xnM8M/s720/v25.jpg)
Closed "military" city of Vilyuchinsk:
![](//lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziTbw1o8I/AAAAAAABEx0/e0s7MrCHzrs/s720/v26.jpg)
Local way of getting around:
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziT7RA5PI/AAAAAAABEx8/j_UKdV7fBT4/s720/v27.jpg)
There is a place in the world so remote and so wildly beautiful, that very few decide to go there and those who do, carry the enchantment for the rest of their lives. A land of towering volcanoes and magnificent Pacific coastline, as boundless and pristine as the
With the exclusive permission of "Kamtravel" - Kamchatka
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh-IE-vfI/AAAAAAABEuo/wfzdHirsKFQ/s720/v1.jpg)
Avachinskaya Bay:
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh-oRnMrI/AAAAAAABEuw/3ebcD421pXY/s720/v2.jpg)
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh_OE5lHI/AAAAAAABEu4/SSDnysD1hvc/s720/v3.jpg)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sozh_ihIunI/AAAAAAABEvA/UfS9T8H8xKg/s720/v4.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziAsoSH0I/AAAAAAABEvI/AvQHpuIihRg/s720/v5.jpg)
View on Domashny ("The Tamed Ones") Group of Volcanoes:
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziBNbhqvI/AAAAAAABEvQ/cuLNuXN4jlo/s720/v6.jpg)
Old
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWSknPG7E3Ovc_DnFRb4UYDVp91E4nm7rrXuKp1KpuEUXqAeJIiGMcDCkR1o0NxH5Kw5R2vmtJ4ENAoEttQysxQjNR4gCz446LGGsY9_NceaLKBFlo9u2QmccJyXoqfrIKtVEXfxdLEbQ/s720/v7.jpg)
Three Brothers:
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziCXtGX9I/AAAAAAABEvg/qcyiJmvPW2g/s720/v8.jpg)
Around the Mutnovski Volcano:
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziDhURQVI/AAAAAAABEvo/4yRKwdL32rc/s720/v9.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2fdeMTrInn0AULDfJIHqN90H_3S7914vMkaQgpSZjjB-YQsd7SDP_6sBJIOD8195PNrnkUd7XJ8zPuTLQzcfiN_Yy09kDoV1nLJDdvw4P1buW2a8DGAtvqtiraKLvTDNwJaCB8YlkmXk/s720/v10.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziHbuX9sI/AAAAAAABEv4/85D9c0UBgHM/s720/v11.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziJF5b5RI/AAAAAAABEwA/NzyxZ6vt-6A/s720/v12.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziKuOeH-I/AAAAAAABEwM/tHKHnNTWzeI/s800/v13.jpg)
Komandorskie Islands:
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziL1nv2nI/AAAAAAABEwU/PRpXyZky8Ew/s720/v14.jpg)
Steller's Arc:
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziMfTuFCI/AAAAAAABEwc/XAQJwu55kZc/s720/v15.jpg)
Bering Island:
This sign literally points to the "middle of nowhere" (among a few other very far away places)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziM_IJiRI/AAAAAAABEwk/PoKBAVcatTc/s720/v16.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1adAJ3kVUwJa0HLZ4TZHBEKs2-F4EypySmIfsimSdFqsB2ASQJIHl_gAHm81unx8LnPBky3jPTbTk6Wuy7_R759QRZGwECzcpu8HDD_5CirbgvwnfZff7gNsDTRHPLBQoiUHFm7rx4-h/s720/v17.jpg)
Winters are brutal, especially when supplies run out:
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziONUpW4I/AAAAAAABEw0/uippXUIdtz8/s640/v18.jpg)
Power station almost buried in 10 meter snow:
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziOonNJwI/AAAAAAABEw8/zXphCGtfz4o/s640/v19.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-7dGSnj9UUIh9HSZ6bQkhakmuhmF_hbzl_wMggNj8zKv53uutzlG9LWkKP2ST9Nk9Lsw6yNm5ClRattaNKj1tlCZgtIYc1po7C4g25nvqgpeGyijAlz5mCTB2krkYq-9xHtLZLUKhzil/s640/v20.jpg)
Amazingly, it's still in operation!
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziQJvTbhI/AAAAAAABExM/JQjItXfi3oQ/s640/v21.jpg)
Looking for the pump house, buried under 17 meters of snow:
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziQwToGaI/AAAAAAABExU/XMB8z4bkBr4/s640/v22.jpg)
City of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski lies in the shadow of Avacha volcano, a particularly active one (called a "decade" volcano, with long
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziRhSqPfI/AAAAAAABExc/YnTw8yHV6tQ/s720/v23.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziSEgUFII/AAAAAAABExk/MF9g83h74vg/s720/v24.jpg)
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziSpNV0BI/AAAAAAABExs/oEFt36xnM8M/s720/v25.jpg)
Closed "military" city of Vilyuchinsk:
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziTbw1o8I/AAAAAAABEx0/e0s7MrCHzrs/s720/v26.jpg)
Local way of getting around:
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SoziT7RA5PI/AAAAAAABEx8/j_UKdV7fBT4/s720/v27.jpg)
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