Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik Volcano
Vents 2012

We’d decided not to write anything special about this trip. But it was a dream!!! A dream that we did think will come true. Nobody thought that after the catastrophic eruption of 1975-76, Tolbachik Volcano would please us with such an event. And we didn’t think that we could see it with our own eyes. But we still kept dreaming. Dreamed and hoped for a miracle. And it happened!

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano (2)

On 27 November 2012 Plosky Tolbachik Volcano decided to make a special holiday and wake up the volcanologists from their sleep.

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano. Erupting cone. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

For a whole week we prepared equipment and our wives. By the way, I was newly married at the time. And in the middle of December we would celebrate the first month of our marriage. The first month of our joint lives. Having promised my beloved one to return by the date, I set out on my journey.

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Near a lava flow. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. On the cooling lava flow. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

What was expecting us there? The temperature was -40оC (-40оF), the thawed river, in which the all-terrain vehicle got drowned, a lot of emotions. And of course, upon our arrival, friends on the couch with a lot of questions about our adventure!

Kamchatka. On a lava flow. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Lava flow. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano (2)

Kamchatka. Studyonaya and Tolbachik rivers. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Ostry Tolbachik volcano. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano. A plume of ash. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano. Tours to the Tolbachik volcanon (3)

Kamchatka. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Overnight near a lava flow. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Lava flow. Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Near the Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano

Kamchatka. Near the Eruption of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano 2012. Tours to the Tolbachik volcano (2)