23 November 2012. Our Great Russian Motherland… Tolbachik Volcano in Kamchatka (Photo by Vadim Gippenreiter)

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Tolbachik volcano erupted in 1975, and Vadim Gippenreiter had the guts to get this close to get this shot. I’ll say this… that took BALLS… there’s nothing else to say.

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23 November 2012. Only in Russia… If You Can’t Come to Church, the Church Will Come to You

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This is an Orthodox chapel in a railway wagon. Now, that’s interesting… if a place is too small to support a priest, well, the train will take him there, and, then, he’ll go to the next small town in the same fix. Now, that’s using your head for something other than a hat-rack…

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