Acid Lake, a photo from Kamchatka, Far East

Photographer's Note

This was taken through the window of a helicopter. This is the southernmost of three craters (called Troitski) on the Maly Semyachek volcano. The volcano is three km long, and this lake is about half km wide and 140 meters deep. The temperature of the lake ranges from 27 to 42蚓. The lake has a concentration of sulphate and hydrochloric acids, and a steel cane would get 𦽳wallowed� by the lake in a matter of hours. Apparently, the color of the lake changes from turquoise to green depending of the level of mineralization.

While I adjusted the brightness and contrast, I did not enhance the color at all.

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hmgg (66) 2003-10-07 9:54

Great colors!!! I was surprised that they were not enhanced! Very clear and sharp image!
Wonderful view!!!!!

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avigur_11 (22535) 2003-10-07 9:56

Shocking blue. Great B&w on the mountaun.
Excellent shot.

dsidwell (9783) 2003-10-07 10:08

Wonderful composition, as always. Amazing clarity for a heli-shot!

olchik (231) 2003-10-07 10:34

It's very cool picture! The blue is wonderful.

vkbhaskar (181) 2003-10-07 10:40

Great capture of a very amazing place.
Is the volcano active or dormant ?
Great colors in the Lake.

jrj (34843) 2003-10-07 11:16

Guess a bath is not to recommend!

Motrem (2392) 2003-10-07 12:10

Magnificent sight of a big site. I like very much the composition and the colours. Really very well.
Vue magnifique d'un grand site. J'aime beaucoup la composition et les couleurs. Vraiment tr鋊 bien.

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joseelias (0) 2003-10-07 12:28

Impressive photo and very good notes. I like very much point view and the contrast of collors. The DOF is great.

Didi (61589) 2003-10-07 13:22

Je ne savais pas qu'en Russie il y avait une activit� volcanique et d'aussi jolis paysages.
Ce sont des photos rares qui ne sont pas souvent publi嶪s.
Nous connaissons tous l'Etna, le Stromboli ou le Fuji Yama ... etc.
Je vous remercie donc cher Mimi de partager ces images de bonne qualit�.

I did not know that in Russia there were a volcanic activity and such pretty landscapes. In fact rare photographs are not often published. We know all Etna, Stromboli or Fuji Yama...
Thank you Mimi for sharing these pictures of good quality.

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ninadev (5377) 2003-10-07 13:34

Really amazing color in such a grandiose scenery. Very well done, sharpness, DOF and all.

chrischris (877) 2003-10-07 15:39

I would have nerver guess that place is in Russia... Then, well in the spirit of TE! Those real colors are amazing and seem to "explode" in such a grandiose landscape. Perfect sharpness and DOF and all. Congratulations.

dominique (11414) 2003-10-08 6:10

Which beautiful contrast with this water blue and black of the mountain, very spectacular and really well done.

dob_31 (0) 2003-10-08 6:45

What nice "horrible site"! The color of the "water" is almost unreal. The mountains in the foreground and in the background are amazing. Well seen !

Fredrik77 (672) 2003-10-27 5:28

Very nice colours in this one, and I also like the background and the different planes in the picture. Moreover, it has a nice composition!

Curioso (9271) 2003-11-21 12:35

Fantastic place. The shot is great but I guess you could have improved it by placing the lake (well aiming lower I mean - I'm not sure we can move the lake...) a little bit higher so as to have it in a strong node of the picture. It would be even more remarkable like this.

But great pic !

emax (920) 2003-11-21 13:09

Historic shot. Wonderful pic with amazing lake and beautiful spots of snow. The mountains behind seems so realistic even if in the fog they are not looked well. The note is very interesting.

Eagle (522) 2003-11-29 10:46

Wow, beautiful picture! I like the colors but you could add some contrast. Interesting notes also!

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scalerman (26900) 2004-01-17 12:32

Amazing beauty in this shot Mimi. Sometimes beautiful places can be very hostile environmentally.

soundsangels (1703) 2004-02-17 12:16

Oupppssss.une autre de mes pr嶨廨嶪s.....
Couleurs � couper le souffle, nettet� � envier....et paysage....sublime.
Et que dire de la notre si instructive....
Tant qu`� moi une photo parfaite.
Que je suis chanceux que vous soyez membre de TE..car je n`irai peut-etre jamais � cet endroit.
Merci!!!!

pridel (233) 2004-05-11 3:38

Je viens de d嶰ouvrir vos photos, celle ci a attir� toute mon attention et mon admiration. Quel paysage grandiose servie par de superbes couleurs ! Une nettet� limpide comme l'air c'est superbe. bravo
points demain

Xalkida (11744) 2004-06-26 7:29

This photo is great! Colors, sharpeness... Everything is fine! Good job!

janwalt (263) 2004-07-28 15:36

Fantastic shot. The pattern made by the snow on the mountains is almost as amazing as the color and shape of the lake itself. The two together in one photo..... aahhh.

sn00zie (2384) 2004-10-24 10:18

wow! the colors in this are great. the color of the water looks so inviting-but then..... this is a great shot Mimi

wad (173) 2004-10-24 10:38

Very impressive. Colors are splendid and centring is successful although that should not have been easy considering the shot conditions.

errorist (668) 2005-02-07 8:18

amazing photo of an unusual location!

quillerpl (333) 2005-02-20 12:22

Amazing colors, great composition. Very good white balance. Great job!!!

Zbyszek (251) 2005-03-12 18:24

Hi Samuel. I like hills... ;) espetially with great compo and contrasted colors. Nice shot Sam. Deep blue of lake is incredible deep... and incredible clean window of helicopter ;) hot water, snow, hills and space. It does make sens. Greetings.

xicomelo (686) 2005-05-04 19:24 [Comment]

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Runs (1072) 2005-12-09 0:50

Bravo pour cette photo et merci pour le partage ainsi que ta note tr鋊 instructive ! Je ne connaissais pas du tout les paysages de cette r嶲ion de la Russie.
Cordialement, Fran蔞is

fadingstar78 (420) 2005-12-14 10:03

the color of the lake is stunning. very nice sharpness and contrast, very clear. perfect!

Gerson (8) 2006-05-06 22:39

Hi Mimi,
A best Shot in a great moment. Good note.
Regards

anwarul (2) 2006-05-10 18:14

so beautiful

Andre-H (1271) 2006-05-24 2:28

This is exactly the kind of scenery that so entices me to visit Kamchatka one day. I love the scope of the shot, which mightn't have been easy to achieve shooting out of a helicopter; we can see clearly all the way from the crater and lake in the foreground to the distant mountains, and the horizon in the back. Great stuff!

A ;-)

serdarhepgul (1744) 2006-11-24 6:27

Great picture TFS
Serdar

LEA (5006) 2006-11-24 6:53

A best Shot in a great moment. Good note.

scientific (405) 2006-12-08 8:47

Hi,
Very nice composition, beautiful colors. Lake is wonderful. Thanks for sharing..
h悤ya

beautiful_mind (294) 2006-12-08 9:25

incridible shot,you can not see photo like this without comment,amazing view like it was from other planet,I like the color of the mountain it remind me with the cow skin,also I like the superb color of the water.

monstruo (316) 2006-12-13 7:16

hola mimi
una fotografia genial

mikelens (874) 2006-12-13 7:51

A perfect shot! Excellent landscape!

ein22 (478) 2007-01-15 4:49

Wow what a beautiful lake. I love how these lakes are such rich in sulphates and colour. This truly is a beautiful part of russia. You're very lucky to have been to such isolated regions.

Well done on the photo too. It's very crisap and nice, especially taken from a helecopter. Very nice indeed.

Andrew

jdwyer264 (1084) 2007-01-28 18:11

Amazing capture, love the sharp colours, so well contrasted.
Looks quite artificial, at first I opened the image thinking it was a digitally edited image, but this capture is fantastic.TFS

arnie (1817) 2007-01-28 18:22

Hi Mimi,
This is an amazing shot, great colours.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards Arnie.

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2007-07-27 6:15

Hi!
Good picture with all a nice picture needs:
-Great colors
-Good contrast
-Excellent depth
-Amazing sharpness
and a beautifull point of view

The only thing I miss is a frame...
But good work!
Jonas

cerenguven (204) 2007-07-27 6:28

I loved the sharpness and the colours.

Thanks for your effort. Must be difficult to shoot from a helicopter(?)

kyzer (341) 2008-05-21 2:17

Hi Mimi,

Great photograph... amazing colors i like the cobalt blue though.. and snow on the rocks...

I joined recently and hence a late comment..

Cheers
paddyrags

Fellini (6407) 2009-10-22 3:16

Impressive and wonderful...
Great capture...very nice pov.
Well done.
Cheers
Alex

spal (232) 2011-11-28 10:58