Kamchatka, Russia

Why do some cards keep reminding me of food?


this one here looks like some chocolate cake, with some frozen yoghurt (apple probably) and striped with whipped cream over it......

well, in reality its nothing close to a cake, of course...this is one of the volcanoes of Kamchatka, in particular, this is the Maliy Semyachik volcano, and the "frozen yoghurt" is actually a hot lake formed in the crater of the volcano with its bright turquoise colour, caused by the minerals in the water.

the view is just....amazing

Kamchatka, Russia

I have two Kamchatka cards, and here is the first one...


The Kamchatka Peninsula has a high density of volcanoes and associated volcanic phenomena, with 19 active volcanoes being included in the six UNESCO whs list, in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka group, most of them on the this Peninsula.

The card above shows and aerial view of the crater of the volcano Uzon.

Uzon Volcano is located in eastern Kamchatka. It contains the largest geothermal area in Kamchatka. Uzon and Geyzernaya calderas contain boiling springs, gas-steam jets, mudpots, small mud volcanoes, hot and cold lakes.