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a unique combination of. the mentality of this land of lies in canyons and volcano crazes. during the spawning season the rivers of filth and shoals of fish. brown bears behave as though they own the land. this is kamchatka located in the northeastern russia one of the world's most unique and unusual nature reserves as funny as. the renown valley of guises is hidden in the mountains on the east coast of kamchatka. in the canyon among the chaos of shia cliffs and ravines life is bubbling under literally boiling.
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this place is difficult to reach the are no roads flying provides the only feasible means of transport. this route is difficult for pilots but fascinating for passengers. helicopters fly along the eastern volcanic ballast. the kalinski volcano is one of the most active ones it's crater constantly throws up hot gas and ash. its interaction is beautiful but gingers on one occasion it pilot decided to float closer to the creatures and over for a little while to a tourist's cv eruption but the guinness turned out to be so hot that the coffee at school hours melted immediately while the paint on the fuselage got scorched six years.
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this the valley of guises lies between two active volcanoes. the area has deep underground thermal energy sources quakes rockslides and landslides happen very often. he rises to the surface forming intricate shapes three hundred fifty. excursion path runs along the central part of the valley of. this geologically small area has the largest guises numerous boiling springs mudholes rising steam. in the world. i think if we choose. a place. park in taiwan we do have but
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it's small scale. like mots. but this one. little is known about the formation of the valley of geysers vulcanologist believe it to be about two thousand years old which they calculated using the speed of its growth. every five years it expands by one point two millimeters. the rocks with the steam springs and guises consist mostly of opal. geyser right is formed from boiling minerals which sometimes emerge along with the rules of. the tourist path is away from the large guises to protect people from hot water and steam during an eruption. plain grass conceals the most dangerous spots in the valley. liquid mix of clay water and
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sulfur. to keep tourists safe it's very hot here underground one can fold if they step on the soil and end up getting thermal and chemical burns which can take a long time to heal. beds are the only ones who can intuitively find a safe way among the boiling springs and mud holes. they have no fear of the guises mountain river. beds of the true keepers of the nature reserve. and. they never come across poaches so they kindly let inspectors use their paths to walk around the area. as always take the most efficient and simplest routes. see how far these marks or. person on a hundred and ninety centimeters tall.
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have been using this more. confrontations they bite into the tree trying to reach as high as possible to show their height this way other peers . to avoid conflicts when the. during salmon spawning the shores of lake curial have the highest density of beds in the world. unexpected encounters between man and bear on avoidable. where you go. they may look slow clumsy and heavy but it doesn't stop bad from being dextrous and strong they can cover fifteen metres in just two or three strides. dimitris is an experienced nature reserve inspector. he comes across several times
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a day and is now accustomed to that behavior. some. very memorable encounter with a female beer she looked at. she was fool. they were about. to end hunger and her jaw was literally dripping with. a rifle i've never seen such a. my life. almost. lead to a junction of small brooks. salmon make their way through to get to the lake. not surprisingly it's not only a favorite feeding place but also a great space for everyone else to film these amazing beasts. they. are not afraid of people. for centuries the locals never went hunting for baz and
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never attacked them. one of the smartest and strongest predators and keep growing throughout their entire lives. they learn quickly at any age and have a good memory. in spite of their weak eyesight find their way around easily they sense fish and see them. cubs usually live with their mother for three years during this time she breast feeds them and so rarely have fish. but she's the only one who can teach a young to fish for themselves. later they will practice and improve their skills
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throughout their lives. or see she's standing upright nicely while she's tracking the fish standing up on her hind legs she gets a good view of where and how to fish she's so cute. there's live according to a strict routine. they hibernate for half a year during winter in spring and early summer they mate and then spend the rest of that time looking for food. beds a completely omnivorous. this female stays in the volcano caldera with her
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cub even during the salmon season. is live in the area permanently they don't go fishing. this female bear is eating gross now with a laser her food will be supplemented with berries and points already if you get the last minute they're very healthy and nutritious the best just as they offer people but for now they only have girls to eat. a new song called there it is located at the carnacki nature reserve in the central part of can chant. about three hundred thousand years ago a street kilometer told conics tronto volcano rose in place of whose own. it collapsed as a result of several larger options. the ground beneath sank and formed the count there at. its cliffs of four hundred meters tall on average and its
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diameter is more than twelve kilometers. use on plateau is flat but colorful. halter volcanic gases called fumaroles and sulfa taras transformed the surface. while the known chemical elements with and mixed in thermal springs mudholes miniature volcanoes and hot rivers and lakes which filled with strange bacteria and al gore. for these basic life forms this strange well of boiling water and poisonous substances is a perfect environment. the clay crusts on the thermal grounds cover cavities filled with boiling clay. bez of the only ones who can find their way around them. footprints of the masters of the corrupt nature reserve can be found in various
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unexpected places. was it was some green grass on pez near the boiling groups and the tears it grows it's too hot it won't bear fruit but the bears can do it at the same time they have avoided the boiling water. there's like going to the is own caldera in spring for mating in summer they mostly go to mountain rivers to fish for salmon. but the most attractive fishing spots for baz life far away from here on lake shores. lake creole is located south of the kamchatka peninsula. in the northeast the volcano stands close to the shore. it rises into the cold humid air streams from the sea of a hot. thick fog often covers the pos ne of the volcano the passage through it
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provides the only means of reaching the lake by helicopter going by land or water is impossible. roughly five hundred people manage to visit like the year. trip annoying island offers several houses for tourists and the employees of the criminal nature reserve. people from all over the world come here with a single purpose in mind to see brown beds in the wild. and. that.
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they're why very very large. when they standing up in the river. it's impressive and most of all they are very quick. and very very. and that's impressed me very much. baz don't like it when somebody else goes into the water when they a fishing distance is the most important thing for baz. you need to strictly keep that distance if you want to avoid a sudden outburst of aggression. and don't get any closer than fifty meters. this thing it did in the place a bear was approaching and inside i can coax a rifle to shoot the beast away usually that helps with the butt of the bird keeps moving the specter can lead to flare and throw it under the animal feed. and this
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will give several seconds to think about what to do next whether these are only applied in extreme conditions it's a very supposing it direct threats to human life. or with a vision for light at. fifty . fifty. ft. british.
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markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. headline news to report. in some of the. changes instantaneously missed fills the canyon it fades into the vapors of the hot springs and come with a haze. several years ago a massive landslide came down the valley when the same. area. even today the distinct. slide can be clearly seen in the canyon. the powerful moving just centimeters away from a house and. twenty
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meters in the house an employee who was staying was saved. could have raised the entire tourist area. the mudslide. and the water level to rise very quickly. lake that was created by a natural dam flooded many famous guises. it drastically changed the face of the family but didn't destroy it completely. gradually the river the way the land slide down. the top of the molokai. which used to be completely. reappeared and is erupting once again. is seldom visit the valley at this time of year that's why the reserve stuff can
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easily go ahead with research. and. down to the bottom of the canyon several times a day if the river which is the valleys water runs through it. of that to measure the depth and speed of the river. turns to build a bridge. this place to extend the tourist plants that are used to be sure but they have been swept away several times we want to know where the best place is to build a bridge this time so that the water doesn't wash it away once again. unlike most rivers in the camp. has no fish. suitable for drinking. fountains that erupt from under the inflow into the river springs and
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a full of poisonous acidic and alkaline compounds. the purity and the beauty of this mountain river. and deceptive but it's just one of a kind. in summer most. abound in shoals of fish the numbers are recorded by the kamchatka research institute of fisheries and oceanography located near the river estuary and the nature reserve. it's the only river that flows out of lake and carries its waters to the sea of. wild salmon from the pacific. swim up. to their spawning grounds and. how can they find the way to the reaper from the sea. and divide it in the most widespread point of view is that the fish all rance itself by magnetic fields and currents how does the fish recognise its native
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we were wanting to approaches it let's just call it a sense of smell what the taste of the river. the fish recording station has one single task that is to count the salmon heading for their spawning grounds the scientists method is simple the river is blocked by a dam as soon as a shoal of fish approaches it they pass through special enclosures where they are counted. the margin of error it's ten percent. as a rule three people work here but none stay for a long period at any one time because of the dangerous proximity to the bears. however biologist you catarina is an exception she and her husband have spent their whole lives on the banks of lake. and. my children have grown up at the station and my husband aleksei and i brought our daughter with us when she was
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almost two years old and a son when he was eighteen months old it's like permanently living on the frontline you're always still watch man a wild beast is a wild beast a bear will never become civilized when nothing more than tempting food for it to hear your words. baz take up position around the clock near the fish stations damn they wait patiently for the mass surge of fish to commence. in some abass live side by side with humans on the shore that's why mass tours of forbidden in this part of lake. a standard unsafe tourist route of the crown not skin nature reserve lies between the valley of guises and the zone volcano caldera. the most important thing is to not be afraid of flying by helicopter. even professional pilots four hundred horns
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to fly here if they're not from can charge come first of all it is difficult to orient. uneven ground not to mention the weather it's foggy windy and there can be. in some of the weather in the volcano caldera is usually warm. the formation of its own microclimate is one of the surprises and inexplicable features of his own. in two thousand and eight a geyser sprang up in one of the thermal fields. it's found in short up to six metres high. fields but. field as it is is
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a lot of just. the middle is heated by a hot underground pocket of magma and is where the main thermal zone is with its hundreds of hot springs lakes and steam vents. this. shaped by hot gas and steam. brings. makes. it good for tourists. for. at sunset after the working day the reserve staffie live in the use on caldera allow themselves the luxury of bathing in banja lake. it's an unusual. filled with water temperature around forty degrees celsius that's about one hundred four
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degrees fahrenheit. grrr your sleep like these. you can see. the water in the spring. is the only way. we call it. these are met there's no. despite. rivers and lakes it's impossible to bathe in the summer because it's very cold. maybe volcanic in origin but the water temperature doesn't rise above five celsius that's just for. the bad feel comfortable and patiently hunt the salmon until.
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late in the evening the reserves work is gather on the pier to discuss and show off the results of that bad photo safari. that is the most difficult thing not to snap a beer but to show the photo to. the. exclusive. fish. his photos have never been published anyway. dmitri prefers showing them to his colleagues and. promise to show you. come on don't be afraid. of pictures the whole morning. all right. come on my beauty over the net is the female of the aries nice and decent she keeps least religiousness that we said
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we're under her she's the boss here we are much lower in rank or the gone beauty go on and on be like next time you go it is with you to make it a twelfth blues be here at twelve. bear cubs came to us the last time we were sitting here is due to that they sniffed around us and went away when last usually . the valley of guises and the count there of the eurozone vocal you know of a three gems of nature reserve. experienced travelers advice coming here once you've already seen much of the world because off to kamchatka everything else on the planet is going to look somewhat doll in comparison.
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