Location: Lake Kronotskoye, Kamchatka, RussiaAugust 1970 Time: afternoonThe massive Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East of Russia separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean. The largest body of water in the peninsula is Lake Kronotskoye, located within a mountain depression and surrounded by a chain of 16 volcanoes. The highest of these is Kronotskaya, standing at 3,528 meters (over 11,000 feet) above sea level. In 1970, a group of hydr…
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