Welcome to the Ring of Fire Jul 6, 2020

Welcome to the Ring of Fire

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.

© Egor Vlasov/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Jul 6, 2018Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2019Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
Jul 6, 2021The most Instagrammable bird?
Jul 6, 2022Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2023International Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2025Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 27, 2021Blink and you ll miss it
Jun 10, 2022Poppies in bloom
Sep 13, 2019The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
Aug 2, 2024Virgin Islands National Park established
Mar 1, 2024Womens History Month
Apr 13, 2022Mitsumata blossoms
Aug 5, 2022Edinburgh festivals
Sep 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
Mar 28, 2023The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
Sep 3, 2024Wilderness Act anniversary
Apr 27, 2018National Park Week: Yosemite National Park, California
Dec 28, 202350 years of the Endangered Species Act
Aug 21, 2025A wheatear in Peak District National Park, England
Aug 4, 2022Satla marshland in Bangladesh
Feb 2, 2025Groundhog Day
Dec 4, 2025International Cheetah Day
Mar 6, 2019Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Mar 4, 2018Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
Jul 20, 2025Moon Day
Dec 29, 2021Mountain goats
Apr 2, 2021White dunes, blue lagoons
Oct 5, 2023World Teachers Day
Jul 18, 2020The moth wonderful time of the year
Apr 15, 2019Celebrating World Art Day
Mar 7, 2025Plum blossoms in China
Sep 18, 2023Fall Astronomy Week
Dec 23, 2019A Festivus for the rest of us
May 7, 2023World Laughter Day
Oct 24, 2019Bridge of Hillsborough County
Oct 15, 2018The story of a rediscovered redwood