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"Some places of this planet are so wonderful and so fragile, that perhaps we should not visit. Maybe we should just look at them from a distance "

Thinking an article to this blog, I came to mind the ability to talk about areas of the Earth are unknown to most. What keep talking about landscapes such as tropical forests, deserts and so forth? All is well seen and, even today, can not believe it is already not only unknown landscapes, but also isolated from the rest of the world. In today's article we will discuss a natural park that meets both conditions. Kronotsky Nature Park.

Kronotsky Zapovednik (or Kronotski, depending on where you read it) is a nature reserve located in the Russian Far East, the Kamchatka Peninsula. Bordered by the Pacific Ocean about 1500 km north of Japan, is about 9000 km from Spain.

Kamchatka Peninsula

Kronotski The peculiarity is given by the restricted entry : over 3000 non-scientists are allowed entry each year in addition to the input of scientists who are devoted to the study of flora, fauna and local geology. Because Kronotski is a geologically very attractive. As seems to repeat itself across the globe, geologically active areas (Yellowstone or Iceland for example) are usually also a great natural beauty. Of course no accident. Indeed they say among geologists that due to the movement of tectonic plates in a few million years, the people of Montana will walk between Yellowstone geysers and strangulation growing potatoes for McDonalds (geologic points as Yellowstone leave behind fertile plains to grow, as today we are in Idaho). Yellowstone, incidentally, also deserves a separate entry.

Pacific tectonic plate is subducted beneath Asia resulting in a string of volcanoes and steaming valleys. Because Kronotski is also, the volcano that gives the park its name.

Kronotski Volcano

(Click for photo in original size)

The main idea of \u200b\u200bthis post is to give to know a place so remote and isolated like this. So I do not focus on too many explanations. I think it's enough to contemplate the pictures to enjoy this place, with no separate data.

Valley of Geysers

not only the geological beauty can be enjoyed in Kronotski, about 700 copies of brown bears, the largest of their species live on the reservation.

Grizzly Bears and their offspring in Zapovednik Kronotski

Along the Valley of the Geysers and Kronotski own volcano, known as the boiler is Uzon one of the most spectacular geological features of the park. A depression which reaches 13 km in diameter, surrounded by mountains, in which we find all kinds of wild flowers, smoke emerging from the rocks, sparkling lakes and forests of birch and dwarf Siberian pine. Then, different snapshots of the Caldera to observe in detail the beauty and variety of its landscapes.

past, the boiler Uzon was one of the main peaks in the area. Erupted about 40,000 years ago, and this depression is what remains of the ancient volcano, now called Uzon by koriak native language, they had to Uzon by a kindly spirit that inhabited the Caldera and helped them to prevent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Contrasts in the boiler Uzon, both photos are inside

Unfortunately, I failed a higher resolution photo Photo by Michael Melford who started the story on the Natural Park of Kronotski in National Geographic that has led me to make this entry. The opening quotation is also the phrase that begins the article by David Quammen.

Michael Melford, National Geographic in February 2009 Spain

And to end this entry, a final overview of the park with the background Kronotski. Comments are welcome from readers;).