Today we"re visiting the pair of volcanoes known as Tolbachik—the flat-topped Plosky (Flat) Tolbachik on the left of our image, and the majestic Ostry (Sharp) Tolbachik on the right, which soars 12,080 feet above the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. These are just two of roughly 300 volcanoes scattered through the region; 29 of them, including the Tolbachik complex, are still active. In fact, there is so much volcanic activity here that UNESCO calls the peninsula "one of the most outstanding volcanic regions in the world," and has designated it a World Heritage site.
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Happy Independence Day!
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Don’t look down
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
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Walking among the giants
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Take this for a spin...
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Celebrating World Water Day
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That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
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Mountain goats
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Don’t get lost in there
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Tough turf
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Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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It s International Jazz Day
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In the path of the pronghorn