Valley (1985)

Panorama and views of the Chara Valley (from above).

Panorama of the Udokan and Kalar mountain ranges enclosing the Chara Valley.

View of one of the summer aufeis on the Chara River.

View of part of the valley under the snow.

Snow on tree branches, panorama of taiga sparse forest.

Part of the upper layer of subsurface ice.

Summer Transbaikal landscape, a local resident rides a reindeer between dwarf birches.

Panorama of dwarf pine.

Taiga flora.

Panorama of green wasteland above permafrost.

View of part of a swampy bog, grass on marsh hummocks.

Panorama of mosses and lichens growing in the valley.

Reindeer moss growing on the ground and bare stones.

Panorama of one of the reindeer moss beds, a grazing herd of reindeer.

Reindeer eat reindeer moss.

An Evenk shepherd sits by a fire, smokes a pipe, a grazing reindeer.

Panorama of the Chara Valley (top), smoke from a fire spreads across the valley.

A freight train goes through the Chara Valley along a paved section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

View of a single-track railway.

The face of a miner.

A train of mine cars with copper ore leaves an adit of a mine located under the Udokan Mountains.

Ore in the mine cars.

A helicopter lands near a geologists' camp.

A geologist conducts research.

A geologists' tent on the bank of a mountain river.

Panorama of a plain and mountains lying in the distance (top).

The face of a helicopter pilot.

A helicopter flies over mountain ranges.

Mountain landscapes (top).

A helicopter in flight, views of Udokan (top).

A cameraman films through the helicopter's window.

View of a lake formed in a sinkhole as a result of an earthquake (top).

A helicopter pilot at the controls, view from the helicopter cockpit.

View of a lake in the crater of a dormant volcano (above).

Panorama of a chain of volcanoes (above).

Cliffs of the Chara Basin, streams flowing over rocks through the taiga.

Mineral springs gushing from a cliff above a stream.

Views of a vertically gushing spring.

Grotto with stalactites made of calcareous tufa.

Panorama of a cliff made of calcareous tufa with multi-colored streaks.

Landscape of the Chara Valley, people near a landed helicopter.

Faces of the helicopter crew.

Pilots talking to geologists.

Panorama of a lake on the edge of a forest.

Log hut on the edge.

Hot springs gushing from the bottom of a stream.

People swimming in the lake.

Panorama of a part of the plain.

View of a mountain gorge, mountain landscapes of Udokan (above).

Panorama of glaciers and perennial snowfields on the peaks of Kalar (above).

Bends of the subglacial river flowing through the glacier.

Meltwater flows from the glacier feeding the river.

Views of open areas of the subglacial river.

Panorama of a part of one of the snowfields.

A stream of meltwater flows down a rock.

Views of a mountain river.

Trees growing on the slopes of a gorge, a river flows below.

Panorama of a part of a mountain river, water running over stones.

Panorama of a copse, taiga landscape.

Panorama of a desert.

A bee pollinates flowers growing in the sand.

Panorama of one of the sand dunes.

Views of the river flowing through the Chara Sands.

Panorama of the Chara Sands (above).

Panorama of a part of the Chara Valley.

Views of one of the settlements of the BAM builders, children walking, running home from school.

Kindergarten children on a walk.

Views of residential buildings and streets of the settlement, everyday life of the inhabitants of the settlement.

A freight train goes through the Chara Valley.

The driver and his assistant in the locomotive cabin, view from the cabin.

Views of the Chara Valley.