Black pearl necklace in the Kuril (2008)

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"Black Pearl" - Kunashir Island, the southernmost and third largest in large Kuril Islands. In the ridge 30 large and small islands. The chain stretched their 1200 mile arc along the meridian from Kamchatka to the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Giant watershed - one side the Pacific Ocean, on the other - the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. In the north, near the tundra, in the south near the subtropics. And everywhere volcanoes are about forty - some smoke and spewed others nap, then wake up. So for centuries, under chords earthquakes. Kunashir Island is no exception. There on Kunashir and volcanoes, and earthquakes often occur. However, for all that, familiarity with it compared with immersion in virtual reality.