![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/18t.jpg) Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/15t.jpg) Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/17t.jpg) View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/12t.jpg) Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/27t.jpg) Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/28t.jpg) Flower of marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/30t.jpg) Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/26t.jpg) Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/24t.jpg) Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/09t.jpg) A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/07t.jpg) Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/06t.jpg) Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/31t.jpg) Golden marguerite (yellow chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, Russian name Pupavka) at the slope near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/19t.jpg) A church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/11t.jpg) Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/29t.jpg) Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/02t.jpg) Interior of Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/03t.jpg) Nicholas (Nikolsky) monastery and a boat ramp in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/391/jpeg/05t.jpg) Driftwood and seaweeds on eastern side of Bailey Beach. Newport, Rhode Island, May 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/02t.jpg) East beach in Orekhovy Island. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/04t.jpg) Worship in Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/23t.jpg) World War II memorial in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/26t.jpg) Passages of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/24t.jpg) New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/04t.jpg) Golovin Tower of Shlisselburg Fortress, view from a boat. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cell of New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underground chamber of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/22t.jpg) World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/07t.jpg) Topky Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/04t.jpg) Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/09t.jpg) Reflection Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/05t.jpg) Trees on Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fall colors of Topky Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/08t.jpg) Reflection of trees on Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1667/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fall colors of Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mangrove forest in fog on west side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1710/jpeg/09t.jpg) Shells and limestone peaces on north side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) office building built in 1915 by architect Uno Werner Ullberg, now National Bank of the Republic of Karelia. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1710/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mangrove forest and flamingo birds on north side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) in fog on west side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/25t.jpg) Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) in fog on west side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1710/jpeg/08t.jpg) Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) on north side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1634/jpeg/17t.jpg) Island on Nizhniy Pond in Oranienbaum. Lomonosov, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/13t.jpg) Lower side of leaves of a mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1710/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tall mangrove trees (Avicennia marina) on north side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1710/jpeg/12t.jpg) Lush mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) on north side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/26t.jpg) Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) with aerial roots (pneumatophores) on west side of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/08t.jpg) Stone house on northern side in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/07t.jpg) Crumbling stone house on northern side in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1618/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ruins of a stone house on northern side in old fishing village (ghost town) of Al Ghariyah on north-eastern coast, Ash Shamal area. Qatar, July 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1925/jpeg/10t.jpg) Island of Third South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1280/jpeg/17t.jpg) East end of Saari Island on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1280/jpeg/09t.jpg) Apinasaari Island of Third South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2187/jpeg/31t.jpg) Forest on Saari island on 3-rd South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1925/jpeg/11t.jpg) Monkey pavilion on an island of Third South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2187/jpeg/13t.jpg) Monkey Pavilion on an island of 3-rd South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2187/jpeg/28t.jpg) Trees on Saari island on 3-rd South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/153/jpeg/34t.jpg) Reflection of a pavilion on a small island on a canal of Elagin Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 2, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1925/jpeg/21t.jpg) Island at north-east part of Third South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1619/jpeg/15t.jpg) Palm Island from Corniche Promenade at sunrise. Doha, Qatar, July 7, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2187/jpeg/27t.jpg) Orange colors of dogwood on Saari island on 3-rd South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2187/jpeg/30t.jpg) Purple colors of dogwood on Saari island on 3-rd South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2187/jpeg/29t.jpg) Fall colors of trees on Saari island on 3-rd South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/433/jpeg/06t.jpg) Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge in "Arctic sea smoke", view from Goat Island connector. Newport, Rhode Island, January 22, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/376/jpeg/06t.jpg) Moonset over Narragansett Bay from Goat Island causeway, with Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge. Newport, Rhode Island, February 5, 2004, 6:29 a.m.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/376/jpeg/04t.jpg) Moonset over Narragansett Bay from Goat Island causeway, with Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge. Newport, Rhode Island, February 5, 2004, 6:21 a.m.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/376/jpeg/07t.jpg) Moonset over Narragansett Bay from Goat Island causeway, with Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge. Newport, Rhode Island, February 5, 2004, 6:43 a.m.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/426/jpeg/04t.jpg) Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge at moonset, view from Goat Island causeway. Newport, Rhode Island, November 26, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/428/jpeg/12t.jpg) Newport Bridge and Goat Island Lighthouse at moonset, view from Goat Island connector. Newport, Rhode Island, December 25, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/376/jpeg/05t.jpg) Moonset over Narragansett Bay from Goat Island causeway, with Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge. Newport, Rhode Island, February 5, 2004, 6:21 a.m.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/415/jpeg/23t.jpg) Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge, view from Goat Island Connector. Newport, Rhode Island, October 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/377/jpeg/24t.jpg) Narragansett Bay, Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge from Goat Island causeway. Newport, Rhode Island, February 15, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1938/jpeg/17t.jpg) Eastern part of Island of Princess (Kniagini) Liven in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/381/jpeg/11t.jpg) Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge from Goat Island causeway. Newport, Rhode Island, March 14, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/383/jpeg/06t.jpg) Goat Island Lighthouse and Newport Bridge from Goat Island causeway. Newport, Rhode Island, March 19, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/389/jpeg/25t.jpg) A gull and Block Island ferry at ferry landing in Block Island. New Shoreham, Rhode Island, April 29, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1913/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pikhtovy Island from Zakharov Island in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1933/jpeg/20t.jpg) Beloe Lake and Fir Island from Zakharov Island in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1933/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fir Island near a boat station from Zakharov Island in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1913/jpeg/11t.jpg) View of Dlinny Island from Zakharov Island in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1913/jpeg/13t.jpg) View of Pikhtovy Island from Zakharov Island in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 25, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1933/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fir Island from Zakharov Island in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/418/jpeg/16t.jpg) Eastern peninsula of Lincoln Woods State Park. Providence, Rhode Island, October 10, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1925/jpeg/24t.jpg) South side of Second South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/80/jpeg/03t.jpg) Barbed wire surrounding huge restricted access territory of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute (attached to Defense Ministry) at an eastern part of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
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