A double helping of volcanoes. Both the postcard and the stamp show volcanoes in the Kamchatka region of Russia. The postcard shows the Gorely volcano with an acid lake, the Blue Lake. The stamp shows the Karymsky volcano which has been erupting non-stop ever since 2013 and fairly continuously since 1996.
The whole area of the Kamchatka peninsula was added to UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1996 but I'm afraid I hadn't heard of it until this card arrived last week. There are about 300 volcanoes and of these, 29 are still active.
This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
I have never seen a volcano, either dormant or erupting. I was reminded of a science or geography volcano project that I made in grade school.
ReplyDeleteVolcanoes usually look great on the stamps of any country. I had not seen Kamchatka before on or off a stamp.
ReplyDeleteVery cool volcanoes!
ReplyDeleteI'd heard of Kamchatka before, but hadn't realized there were so many volcanoes there.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this mountain before. I know what it is like to live near a live volcano--I can still remember the day Mt. St. Helens blew--for weeks every time I'd go outside to draw, I could hear the ash pitter patting on the drawing paper. Wonderflu postcard!
ReplyDeleteooh, Kamchatka! I love this place! Wish I could get the chance to visit it one day! and i find it so neat to have a card with a matching stamp!
ReplyDeleteThis area is pretty remote! Volcanoes on stamps - I love it. thank you for participating.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this place, either, considering it is so seismically active!!!
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