National Geographic Travelさんのインスタグラム写真 - (National Geographic TravelInstagram)「Photo by @simonnorfolkstudio I Kamchatka brown bears (Ursus arctos beringianus) are the largest carnivores in Eurasia. Here photographed emerging from steam in the Valley of The Geysers in Russia's Kamchatka peninsular. The first Europeans who went to Kamchatka observed that the bears here were relatively harmless compared to their Siberian counterparts. However, in 2008, a platinum-mining community in the region was besieged by a sleuth of bears who killed two guards and prevented workers from leaving their homes. Kamchatka remained closed to Soviet citizens until 1989 and to foreigners until 1990 and the bear population thrived to that point, but since the demise of the Soviet Union and the opening up of the region to mineral exploitation and international trophy hunting, the bear population has been put under pressure. Follow @simonnorfolkstudio for updates, outtakes, unpublished and archive material. #documentaryphotography #bear #brownbear #bears #Kamchatka #камчатка#nature #russia #igtravel #instagramrussia #simonnorfolk @simonnorfolkstudio」3月17日 22時03分