Strongest, cold wind knocking down.
Heavy, gray waves of the Pacific Ocean.
Amazing large black sand.
All this is Kamchatka and the unusual Halaktyrsky beach.
To the south-west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky there is one of the amazing places in Kamchatka.
Strictly speaking, in Kamchatka any place can be safely written in the category of amazing and unique.
But still...
Mid-June.
And the landscape, with all the power resembling a scene from "Knockin 'on Heaven", like an autumn one.
Thirty kilometers of ground lava that has fallen into the ocean from the eruption of Kamchatka volcanoes.
Strong ocean waves washing off the beach beach into the ocean.
At a distance of 10-15 kilometers from the shore there is no shelter. All because of the constant danger of a tsunami.
They say that the waves were fixed up to 15 meters ...
This is not the Black Sea near Tuapse.
All the whip and power of the Pacific Ocean is felt by the whole body, even from very small waves.
A low rumble, merging with a piercing wind and the hiss of waves that wash off the next layer of sand right under your feet.
Feelings incomparable to anything ...
Now it is quite deserted, and during the Second World War the whole coast was in trenches and fortifications.
Waited for the landing of the Japanese landing. The dugouts were preserved and during the Cold War - this time waiting for the Americans.
And now everything here is quiet and peaceful. Halaktyrsky beach - a favorite place for surfers.
But even among them the majority with their heads - even in such a small storm with the board on the wave come out a unit.
Speaking of the sand.
It is reported that black sand has healing properties: it successfully heals radiculitis, arthritis, fractures and sprains.
All this is due to its natural heat and minerals contained in it.
Sand contains in itself untold treasures - iron, titanium, vanadium and even gold. Although no, with gold it is too much.
But the fact that in the heat and sun on it it is impossible to walk barefoot - a fact. Why - guess for yourself.
An interesting fact is that 50 years ago this sand was almost sold to Japan.
To enrich and extract all the usefulness.
True, the Japanese counted everything on their calculators and came to the conclusion that incomes would be incommensurable with costs. And they refused.
So the sand of the Black beach here and stayed.
And good. Let us please Kamchatka tourists further.
Especially since there are only 15 such beaches around the world ...