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Photo Gallery: Volcano Exploration
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Photo: Hiker climbing volcano in Kamchatka, Russia
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A hiker climbs amid volcanic fumes in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. Twenty-nine active craters cover the peninsula’s shore, which is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotsk Seas.
Photograph by Carsten Peter

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