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Tolbachik

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A volcanologist from the Institute of Volcanology in Petropavlovsk exults at the sight of one of nature's impressive spectacles--a vigorously erupting lava fountain. The eruption of Tolbachik volcano during 1975-76 was Kamchatka's largest basaltic eruption during the past 10,000 years, and provided scientists with a wealth of data.

Photo by Oleg Volynets, 1975 (Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk).


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