Kamchatka Volcanoes Will Now Erupt Online

The Kamchatka peninsula in Russia is told to be one of the most fascinating places on Earth and those who have managed to visit the place are invariably impressed by what they see there – with the famous valley of geysers, active volcanoes and generally beautiful nature.

Unfortunately the most important problem with the peninsula is that, located in the Far East of Russia, it is too hard to get to – both for the Russian citizens and for the foreigners. As you can only get there by helicopter from the mainland, it is also extremely expensive so foreigners seem to be the majority of tourists in the region as they can afford it unlike Russians who usually choose to have a way more cheaper vacation on some tropical island that is more tourist-friendly in terms of affordability.

But very soon Kamchatka – or at least its famous volcanoes – will get much closer to us as it will be possible to watch videos of them erupting online for everyone who is interested.

For now the images of the four Kamchatka volcanoes are available online already but are only updated once every few hours – and only following a user’s request to refresh the images. The situation will change as soon as in August or September as the images of the three out of four volcanoes will be broadcast online and refreshed every minute.

To make this possible, two high-resolution cameras have been purchased and will be installed in the coming months to transfer the images of erupting volcanoes online. The special bonus is that one of the three volcanoes that will be available to watch in this manner is currently active so it must be a particular attraction for everyone who will want to watch it.

So bookmark this page to return to it sometime in September when the promised images are available online if you think that a volcano explosion is one of the most fascinating things to watch – or simply if you have never seen one as this may well be your chance to see it. And remember, a powerful eruption of the active Shiveluch volcano is projected to happen in the nearest future and I hope that the cameras will already be there working by that time.