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Earth from space: 'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenon

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The Krenitsyna Volcano is located on the southern tip of Onekotan Island in the Kuril Islands .

The crater lake that sits within the Tsar-Rusyr caldera is known as Kol'tsevoye Lake .

It is 1,200 feet ( 370 m) deep, making it one of the deepest lakes in Russia .

A rare mirror-like phenomenon, known as sunglint, is reflected off the lake's surface.