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The size of Klyuchevskoy volcano is difficult to grasp: a perfect cone rises almost from sea level to close to 5000 m - the highest active stratovolcano by prominence. And even more unbelievable is that it might be less than 10,000 years old and accounts for almost half of Kamchatka's volcanic activity in recent geologic times. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)