Scientists flew over the raging volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. January 28. VOSTOK-MEDIA - Over the past three days, the activity of the volcano Kizimen increased several times. Employees of the Kronotsky reserve, and the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology flew over the volcano and recorded Kizimen with the infrared camera.

Before the flyby raging volcano helicopter landed at the cordon "Istok", located at the Kronotsky Lake, 30 km from Kizimen. Because of the ash flying winter landscape seemed somehow unnatural. On the horizon rose a completely gray volcanic cone Kronotsky, which also got hit "from a neighbor." Invited by the Directorate of Reserve scientists at the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, took samples of snow: a slice thickness of 30 cm clearly distinguished three layers of ash - ash falls this November, the first of January, and one very fresh. Kizimen usually clearly visible from this point, was hid Ash cloud.