tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39347482562386184622024-03-12T18:09:55.961-07:00Igor ShpilenokRussian nature photographyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-79946571421470076642013-06-09T21:23:00.004-07:002013-06-09T21:26:45.916-07:00Sunrise in Chyornye Zemli Nature Reserve.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are endangered saiga antilope gathering for water near a well location within Chyornye Zemli Nature reserve. Read more about this unique animal in these articles:<br />
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<a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2010/04/only-steppe-is-everywhere-around.html">http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2010/04/only-steppe-is-everywhere-around.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2010/04/only-steppe-is-everywhere-around-ending.html">http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2010/04/only-steppe-is-everywhere-around-ending.html</a><br />
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And at this web-site:<br />
<a href="http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion3/Cherny%20Zemly/3_cherny.htm#sect2" target="_blank">http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion3/Cherny%20Zemly/3_cherny.htm#sect2 </a><br />
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I was quite unlucky with weather during the bloom of these beautiful wild tulips in steppes this year. It was plain and boring from sunrise to sunset. At times very windy. When it was calm I was improvising with macro-photography. I hope that these pictures at least partially will show you how beautiful are the colors of spring steppes.<br />
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"<span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">In mid-spring, tulips (<i>Tulipa shrenkii, T. biebersteiniana</i>) bloom red across the low green hills of the Manych</span> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">Valley. In fact, the tulips that are grown in Holland today and popular around the world originated from the Manych</span> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">Valley.
The first flowers first traveled to Turkey in the 17th century, where
they earned the name of the Turkish tulip, then went on to conquer
Europe and the world. Yet, the Shrenk’s tulip is highly endangered in
its place of origin.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">Tulips flower on a green backdrop of fescue (<i>Festuca valesiaca</i>) and feathergrass (<i>Stipa lessingiana, S. capillata, S. ucrainica, S. pulcherima</i>)
steppe communities, which make up the majority of the plant cover in
the zapovednik. Islands are covered with tall grasses and flowers with
purple, pink, yellow, white, and red blossoms. Hair-like feathergrass (<i>Agropyron pectinatum</i>), sea lavender (<i>Limonium sareptanum</i>), and sagebrush (<i>Artemisia austriaca</i>) are common in valley steppe habitats, while low shrubs (<i>Kochia prostrata, Artemesia lerchiana, A. pauciflora, A. santonica</i>) are found in drier areas. Austrian flax (<i>Linum austriacum</i>) is common in areas. Patches of desert are found in places that were subject to overgrazing or other human impacts. </span></span><br />
Two species of feathergrass (<i>Stipa zalesskii, S. ucrainica</i>)<i>, </i>Shrenk’s tulip, and meadow saffron (<i>Colchicum laetum</i>)
are some of the endangered plants in the reserve listed in the Russian
Red Book. In all, there are 384 species of vascular plants in the
zapovednik, representing 54 families. "<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion3/Rostovsky/3_rostov.htm#sect1">http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion3/Rostovsky/3_rostov.htm#sect1</a><br />
Original post: <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/182602.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/182602.html</a> <br />
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There is a small island on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manych-Gudilo" target="_blank"><span dir="auto">Lake Manych-Gudilo</span></a> that is within <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherny_Zemli_Nature_Reserve" target="_blank">Chernye Zemli Nature Reserve</a> in the south of Russia. It is home to wild tulips and wild horses. I have spend several days in the end of April watching those horses and I can tell you wild horses behave very different from domesticated ones...<br />
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Original story can be found here: <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/182339.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/182339.html</a><br />
Read more about these protected steppes here: http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion3/Rostovsky/3_rostov.htm <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-26715284829575749922013-04-27T15:29:00.002-07:002013-04-27T15:42:48.766-07:00On-the-road impressions.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spend the night of April 22nd on the banks of the Manych. I woke up to the sound of rain and someone signing deeply woke me up. The camels on the photo above were the ones signing. They come from a farm that I photographed below.<br />
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All along my way I see spring blossoms. The fruit trees in bloom make me happy when I see them in the villages I pass by.<br />
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April 22nd is 12th day of my expedition. This is an expedition map:<br />
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A - <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/search/label/Bryansky-Les" target="_blank">Bryansky Les Nature Reserve</a> (10.04.2013)<br />B - <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2013/04/bisons-in-orlovskoye-polesye-national.html" target="_blank">Национальный парк Орловское Полесье</a><br />С - <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2013/04/sunrise-in-voronezhskiy-nature-reserve.html" target="_blank">Воронежский Заповедник</a><br />D - Воронеж, Воронежская область (15.04.2013)<br />E - <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2013/04/elista.html" target="_blank">Элиста, Калмыкия</a><br />F - <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/search/label/tulipfest" target="_blank">Природоохранный фестиваль тюльпанов в Калмыкии</a> (20.04.2013)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-76039430303346266272013-04-21T07:40:00.003-07:002013-04-27T15:40:09.567-07:00The first environment-oriented tulip festival in Kalmykia (Russia).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday morning was cold, windy and uncomfortable. The sun only appeared for a minute at the sunrise and hid in the clouds for the rest of the morning. I was crawling between the tulips in the morning frost, looking for inspiring view, but all in vain. Cold and tired I was going back to my home on wheels...<br />
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And as I reached it I found a surprise!<br />
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Several more photos from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TulipFest.ru" target="_blank">The first environment-oriented tulip festival in Kalmykia (Russia).</a>.<br />
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<i>Today is April 21, 11th day of expedition. Photos taken yesterday.</i><br />
<i>Originally posted at </i><a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/181279.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/181279.html</a> and <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/181753.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/181753.html</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-56456469931082185392013-04-19T09:51:00.000-07:002013-04-19T09:51:22.363-07:00Kalmykian steppe.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Steppes are open, there is no shelter for a human or animal. It is a not an easy place to live. At nights it's freezing cold, and during the day, the heat of sun is interlaced with cold winds.<br />
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Above is a photo of local shepherd. Below is this morning view, full of tulips.<br />
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<i>Today is April 19th, day 9th of my expedition.</i><br />
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<i>Originally posted at <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/180756.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/180756.html</a> and <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/181116.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/181116.html</a>.</i><br />
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In the middle of the day today I made it to this southern city, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elista" target="_blank"><strong><em>Elista</em></strong></a>, and did my grocery shopping. After that I headed to the steppes, to wild tulips, 100 km away from the city. Just before going to bed, I found out that 3G internet is working well here. Stay tuned for tomorrow report!<br />
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<em>Originally posted at </em><a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/180363.html"><em>http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/180363.html</em></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-23201059932873860452013-04-14T20:08:00.000-07:002013-04-14T20:08:16.115-07:00Sunrise in Voronezhskiy Nature Reserve.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Early morning in high spring waters at Voronezhskiy Nature Reserve (<a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5" target="_blank">Воронежский Заповедник</a>). The snow is gone, fresh air is filled with birds' love songs... First spring flowers are covering the forest floor... Wonderful and happy morning for me...<br />
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<i>Originally posted at <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/180114.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/180114.html</a></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-86826775153803167452013-04-14T19:57:00.002-07:002013-04-14T19:57:30.972-07:00Bisons in Orlovskoye Polesye National Park.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First night I spent in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlovskoye_Polesye" target="_blank">Orlovskoye Polesye</a> National Park (<a href="http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5" target="_blank">Национальный Парк Орловское Полесье</a>). There, I was entrusted to feed supplement food to wild bison population. It is the most amazing feeling to be surrounded by these ancient animals. However, I had to escape to the roof of the truck from them: they are no bears, I don't know what to expect from them :)<br />
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Bisons were reintroduced to this area in 1996, and now mostly wild population is around 200 bisons. These animals gather for the supplemental food during harsh winters. Read more about this park in my earlier story here: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fshpilenok.livejournal.com%2F110621.html&act=url" target="_blank">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/110621.html</a><br />
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<i>Originally posted at <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/179780.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/179780.html</a></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-45181660486530661302013-04-14T19:41:00.001-07:002013-04-14T19:42:25.903-07:00Photo from the road.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First two days I was mostly driving; landscapes are passing by my windshield. Sometimes, the view outside catches my eyes, and I have to stop my truck to take a picture. Like this village in Bryansk Region called Krasnyi Kolodets (Красный Колодец - Red Well in Russian)...<br />
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Right now I made it to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronezh_Oblast" target="_blank">Voronezh Oblast</a>.<br />
<i>Originally posted at http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/179558.html</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-18411562029258520722013-04-12T07:25:00.000-07:002013-04-12T07:31:19.847-07:00I am on my way to a dream expedition!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since my childhood I had a dream to travel across Russia recording the beauty of wild nature... Today I am starting a journey of my dreams. It is planned to take 3 years for me to go in this car above from Western border of Russia to far East, all the way to Kamchatka and back. The photo above is taken by my brother, Nikolay Shpilenok. I am leaving my home Nature Reserve - Bryansky Forest.<br />
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At first I will be heading south to catch wild tulips blooming. Blossom of millions of wild tulips in steppes is one of the most spectacular nature event I have ever seen. I plan to participate in First Tulip Festival in Kalmykia, organized by nature activists. It will take place from 20th to 30th of April and everyone is welcome to join!Read more about this event here: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwildlifetravel.livejournal.com%2F18950.html&act=url">http://wildlifetravel.livejournal.com/18950.html</a><br />
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You can read more about my expedition <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fshpilenok.livejournal.com%2F177800.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">here </span></b></a>and<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fshpilenok.livejournal.com%2F105836.html&act=url" target="_blank">here</a></span></b>. And below are the photos from my previous, one month long expeditions around my home in Western Russia. Photos are by Nikolay Shpilenok.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-65006883971402789302013-04-11T14:31:00.000-07:002013-04-11T14:31:14.030-07:00What was I doing 30 years ago?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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30 years ago I lived started living in an abandoned ranger station in the middle of the forest. This place now is included in Bryansky Forest Nature Reserve. In the photo above is a house where my oldest sons grew up. Only in 1983 and 1987 the spring water raise so high it entered the house. It never happened since.<br />
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Living in the forest we had to mostly grow our own food. Even when we had some money (I worked on two jobs: as a school teacher and as a forest guard), there was not much to buy in nearby stores: bread, canned fish, cheap candies. Would you believe it that I first tried bananas after I was thirty, only when I started working at newly established Nature Reserve and had to visit Moscow. <br />
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We always had plenty of fresh milk. But that required mowing all summer long...<br />
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My younger brother, Nikolay, and I are stacking hay.<br />
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My father and I are riding our only means of transportation. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-83149618831574325442013-04-02T09:15:00.002-07:002013-04-02T09:19:53.367-07:00Nearby village - Smelizh.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XvkIO-y4nJDFIULRamVqmbIVRSgxc4BdKRtHOIf33Pz0zMSXNU32LOdDIevin5AsJTgjqmNih1V-YjefDyWPIozs4D5-KM0g0q1ihnh6jP3tJ06WB2jC-697yd7JRCUXKz6xChDUMOXy/s1600/535865_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XvkIO-y4nJDFIULRamVqmbIVRSgxc4BdKRtHOIf33Pz0zMSXNU32LOdDIevin5AsJTgjqmNih1V-YjefDyWPIozs4D5-KM0g0q1ihnh6jP3tJ06WB2jC-697yd7JRCUXKz6xChDUMOXy/s1600/535865_original.jpg" /></a></div><br />
There are no stores in my village, it is too small for that. The nearest store is in a neigboring village, Smelizh, 8km away. The store is open only twice per week, but if a villager needs something urgently, the sellerwoman, Katya, will open the store as a favor. She is one of the most important figures in this village.<br />
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Every time I go there I feel nostalgia for my childhood: the store changed very little over years. The only difference is that during my childhood there were no oranges or bananas...<br />
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This is a general overview of the village in December and below is the road I take every day to take my sons to school in Smelizh. <br />
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A female fox often starts a chase, this way she is probably testing the health of the future father of her cubs. The pregnancy lasts for around 50 days, and the little foxes are born in may in deep burrows and stay there for the first month of their life. That year Liza and Lizovin raised 5 cubs.</div>
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A love triangle happened in Liza and Lizovin life as well. One day another female fox appeared and has taken Lizovin away for a day. But Liza was very wise, and she greeted Lizovin with happiness when he came back.</div>
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Below, you can find one of the photos from this story at high resolution, that you can use for desktop backgournds. I call that photo<b> foxtrot on river banks</b>.</div>
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Many old photographers, including myself, remember the days of film photography with warmth. It seems like at that time I used to have more time to actually photograph then now, when I spend lots of time in front of computer screen... The winter has passed, it is almost time to depart for a new expedition, but nearly half of my last year's archive are still not processed:( <br />
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On a good side, I have almost finished a new book about photographer's life in Kamchatka. <br />
The photo above is from a folder "Kenozero - 2012". <br />
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Past Sunday I participated in a program "<a href="http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/apriscatole/1029866-echo/#video" target="_blank">Otkryvashka</a>" (Открывашка in Russian, meaning a little discovery) on Echo of Moscow radio station. This is a program for children and youth, and our subject was "Discovering Kamchatka". <br />
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You are welcome to watch it online and <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.echo.msk.ru%2Fprograms%2Fapriscatole%2F1029866-echo%2F&act=url" target="_blank">read the record via google translator at this link</a>. I have announced my plans to fulfil one of my dreams, to travel to Kamchatka from my home in Bryansk forest by land. For this adventure I plan to use a military type vehicle. I plan to to take a year for the trip one way, stopping in different Russian nature reserves and national parks, telling my readers about Russian wildlife and history of nature conservation. If everything works out as planned, after reaching Kamchatka, I will spend a year there, traveling across it and recording everything. And then, hopefully, I will take another year to return back on a different, northern route. <br />
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The picture above is taken in May, when the spring just emerges in Kamchatka. <br />
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Originally posted at following<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/174547.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/174547.html</a><br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/175979.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/175979.html</a><br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/173998.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/173998.html</a><br />
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Nowadays, while working on a new book about Kamchatka I often look through
my photo archives. And I often think about how lucky I was to have a chance to
work in the Valley of Geysers for several seasons in the past. It is a
miraculous place. And the river in the middle of it, called Geysernaya (derived
from word Geyser in Russian), is also miraculous. It is only 12 km long (7.5
miles) - but so much diversity exists along it. <br />
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On picture above, a famous volcanologists, V.A. Drozdin, who has worked in this area for many years, is crossing a river. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-36348196943549768122013-03-10T13:44:00.000-07:002013-03-10T13:44:22.824-07:00In the Uzon volcanic caldera. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Kronotsky Nature Reserve. Lake Dalnee (Дальнее - Distant in Russian) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maar" target="_blank">maar lake</a> in <a href="http://kronoki.org/territories/reserve/unique/27" target="_blank">Uzon Volcano Kaldera</a>. </div>
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I will always remember one episode with young group of tourists from Japan in Kamchatka. When these students arrived to Kurile lake in South Kamchatka Sanctuary one girl took out her cell phone and discovered that there is no reception. She showed the phone to other students and something very interesting started... They all were so excited, jumping around and hugging each other - they were happy that there are still places in our planet without cellular coverage and that they were fortunate to visit a place like that. </div>
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According to Japanese students, I am a very happy person. And it is true. Since university graduation I did not live in a city for over a week. Most of my life I am spending out in the nature with only radio reception in the past, and satellite reception now. Even my house here, in the buffer zone of Bryansk Forest Nature reserve does not have a stable land line or cell phone reception. Sometimes, in good weather I do get cell phone signal on the roof of my house. But the signal is too week for 4G internet. Therefore I have been using quite expensive sattelite internet to publish posts in this blog. It is not unlimited, I had to pay for every bit of data send or received, for each comment posted. Over the time, internet became my largest expense...</div>
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But recently, one nice company have offered to sponsor my internet. <a href="http://www.radugainternet.ru/" target="_blank">РАДУГА-ИНТЕРНЕТ (Rainbow-Internet in Russian) </a>is specializes on providing affordable sattelite internet across Russia. Their specialist visited my village and installed the equipment and now my internet is the fastest it has ever been. </div>
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The good news for my readers are that now, I finally can start a project that I could not afford before. I will start to upload high-resolution images for my readers to use on their computer desktops. Below there are several ones that my readers already requested, but I will continue and you will see more. </div>
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If there are some images that you particularly like and would like to see in high-resolution - you are welcome to leave a comment to this or any other posts. Thanks again to <a href="http://www.radugainternet.ru/" target="_blank">РАДУГА-ИНТЕРНЕТ! </a></div>
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Originally posted in Russian at following livejournal entries:<br />
Оригиналы записей на на русском тут:<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/163594.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/163594.html</a> - Rainbow internet (Радужный интернет в медвежьем углу.).<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168080.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168080.html</a> - Standing bear/Call of nature. <br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168279.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168279.html</a> - Stretching fox (Лисьи потягушки).<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168639.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168639.html</a> - In the Pacific (Океанская скала)<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168916.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/168916.html</a> - Nirvana, Kamchatka style (Нирвана по-камчатски) <br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169024.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169024.html</a> - Misha and Masha at high resolution (Миша и Маша в высоком разрешении)<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169410.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169410.html</a> - Furry Thinker/Philosopher (Мохнатый философ) <br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169475.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169475.html</a> - Future of taiga (Будущие хозяева тайги)<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169783.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/169783.html</a> - Little Evildoer with his father's tail (Маленький Злодеич с хвостом папы)<br />
<a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/170316.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/170316.html</a> - Vegan (Вегетарианец) <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-23256574871167677752013-03-02T08:36:00.002-08:002013-03-02T08:36:40.452-08:00Another view of Kronotsky Volcano. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-6354858742691940422013-03-01T10:12:00.000-08:002013-03-01T10:12:35.422-08:00First day of spring in Bryansk Forest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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These are some of black-eared residents of Bryansk Forest Nature reserve. It is the first day of spring here, and the snow is slowly melting. Very soon white storks will come and the spring will fully bloom. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-44641929762121184552013-02-27T09:04:00.001-08:002013-02-27T09:04:45.944-08:00Mefodiy 16 months ago and now.<div style="text-align: left;">
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On a first photo Mefodiy is less than a day old. He recieved <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fshpilenok.livejournal.com%2F98939.html&act=url" target="_blank">this name from my readers</a>. Mefodiy was <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/99104.html" target="_blank">the first bison being born</a> free in a <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-friends-have-arrived.html" target="_blank">newly reintroduced european bison population in Bryans Forest Nature Reserve</a>. </div>
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This morning, before the sunrise, I took a photo of him at the additional food supply location in the reserve. During two hours while I was observing him, Mefodiy managed to butt with all the grown up bulls, <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2011/12/little-wisent-favorite-pastime.html" target="_blank">just as before</a>.</div>
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Additionally, he tried to lift up the haystack weighting 300 kilograms (661 pounds). But he couldn't. He is not quite strong enough to lift it... yet!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821722945700887225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934748256238618462.post-2644632079829869762013-02-26T11:20:00.002-08:002013-02-26T11:24:09.138-08:00In my village, Chuhrai...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Many years ago, when I first settled in an abandoned forest ranger station in Bryansk Forest I bought a horse, Gazik. At that time he was my only transport in a land of swamps and forests. I was riding it almost every day throughout the year, on sleigh in winter.</div>
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After I moved to my current house on the other side of the Nerussa River in a small village Chuhrai, the accessibility to my home did not improve a whole lot. You could only get there on a tractor or a military type off-road vehicle, and not the all year around, just when it was dry. So the horses were still the most reliable transport. </div>
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These are my current horses on the photo above. On the right is my favorite horse, Aza. When she was young, she was grey with dark spots, but now she appears to be all white. Aza is 26 years old, amazing horse. She feels responsibility for a rider. This is my only horse that I have never fallen from and she has never fallen under me either. All my children has learned to ride with Aza, and the youngest ones has ridden on it before they could walk. Aza and I has caught a lot of poachers in Bryans Forest Nature Reserve in the past, even those on motorized vehicles. </div>
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The black horses to the right are my wife’s horses. The one in the middle is Orlik; he grew up in a half-wild herd, and after I bought him, he would frequently run away, back to his brothers and sisters. Later on, Orlik and Aza had a daughter, Zorka. She is to the right on this picture, all black with a white spot on her forehead. A very stubborn horse… But after she was born, Orlik realized that this is his home and never escaped again.</div>
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Now the life is very different. Almost any car can drive though a forest road that leads to my village. Therefore the horses are not being used so often. Moreover I got “infected” with Kamchatka “virus” and I am often far from my home on lengthy expeditions. It is a pity that I cannot take my horses with me to Kamchatka, they would be so much more useful there… Instead, they are just living as in retirement over here, in my village. And I am thinking, as I am preparing for my new expedition, how to organize their safe and comfort life when I am away…</div>
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And this a view from my window, I just took this picture. Wild boar is chasing my beloved dog. She first tried to chase him away from the property, but he is stronger. The boar is interested in grains that I leave on the ground for birds; at first he was only coming at night, but today he showed up in the middle of the day. Maybe I should organize photo-safary tours to photograph this abundant wildlife in my backyard?</div>
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And this is Nika, my best present in 2012. My wife and I took her from animal shelter last year and she immediately became a best game buddy to my children and best friend to all other members of the family, including the goat and roster that I told you about in this post: <a href="http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2012/12/here-in-bryansk-forest.html">http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.com/2012/12/here-in-bryansk-forest.html</a></div>
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We do not know who was Nika's previous owner, but her behavior indicates that she could have been a rescue dog. She is obviously guarding my children when they swim and tries to pull them to the shore whenever they start splashing or diving on the water.<br />
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and <a href="http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/155602.html">http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/155602.html</a></div>
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Sometimes Kamchatka air becomes very clear and it is possible to see very far. Several times I have seen these distant mountains at the very edge of the horizon as if they appear behind the Pacific ocean. This photo is taken with a powerful 500mm lens. I am still not sure what did I photograph...</div>
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In the middle of last century this town was very busy. There was seismological base here, military base, Kronotsky Nature reserve station. Many expeditions have started from here. The buildings have extended for a mile and a half along the coast line. Nowadays only ranger and weather station are active, the rest is abandoned. The Nature reigns here, and humans are only present to observe. <br />
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