An astronaut on the International Space Station captured a stunning image of Kol'tsevoye Lake, situated between two halves of the Krenitsyna Volcano in Russia. The surface of the lake appeared to be covered in clouds due to a rare phenomenon called 'sunglint', where sunlight reflecting off the water creates a mirrored effect.
This striking astronaut photo shows one of Russia 's deepest lakes sandwiched between two halves of a volcano as its surface was transformed into a reflective sea of swirling clouds thanks to a rare mirror-like phenomenon, known as 'sunglint.
' The volcanic 'nesting dolls,' collectively known as the Krenitsyna Volcano, are located on the southern tip of Onekotan Island in the Kuril Islands — a Russian archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Hokkaido, the second-largest and northernmost island in Japan. The volcano has two main parts: The large lake-filled, crater-like depression, known as the Tsar-Rusyr caldera, which spans up to 5 miles (8 kilometers) across; and the cone-shape mountain that rises out of the water, known as the Krenitsyna Peak, which reaches approximately 4,200 feet (1,300 meters) above sea level. This unusual configuration is the result of the volcano collapsing in on itself, before a new peak grew up out of the active remnant. The crater lake that sits within the Tsar-Rusyr caldera and surrounds Krenitsyna Peak is known as Kol'tsevoye Lake. It is 1,200 feet (370 m) deep, making it one of the deepest lakes in Russia, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. In the astronaut photo, Kol'tsevoye Lake looks as if it has been covered by low-lying clouds sitting at the bottom of the caldera. However, there are no clouds in this image. Instead, what you can see is clouds passing high over the island that have been reflected off the water's surface. Normally, a standard reflection would not be strong enough to make the clouds look so real
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