 View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 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
 Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 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
 A church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Granite rocks and a boat in Vyborg Bay from Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Marble rocks near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Rocks of abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Large rocks near marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Various crustose lichens on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Close-up of green moss on granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Texture of green moss on granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) on granite of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Rosette lichen Physcia on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Physcia lichen on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Brown crustose lichen on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Close-up of rosette lichen Physcia on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Rapakivi granite with large round crystals on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Xanthoparmelia and Rhizocarpon geographicum lichens on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Rock shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 East beach in Orekhovy Island. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Rosette of yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Growth of yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Dumpling Rocks, or "House on the Rocks" and Newport Bridge in East Passage of Narragansett Bay, view from a ferry. Rhode Island, September 5, 2004
 World War II memorial in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Passages of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Circular round patch of yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Cell of New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Golovin Tower of Shlisselburg Fortress, view from a boat. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Underground chamber of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Topky Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Reflection Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Trees on Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Close-up of crustose lichen Lecanora muralis (Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Texture of elegant sunburst lichen Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans) on a granite shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Elegant sunburst lichen Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Rosette of crustose lichen Lecanora muralis (Protoparmeliopsis muralis) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Fall colors of Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Fall colors of Topky Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Reflection of trees on Long Island from Zakharov Island on Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
 Close-up of elegant sunburst lichen Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans) on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Yellow map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) and another crustose yellow lichen on a granite boulder on shore of Gvardeysky Island. Vyborg, Russia, July 20, 2024
 Collapsed granite tomb in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2017
 Granite tombstones on Krymskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016
 Granite sculpture on Kozhevnikova Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016
 Granite obelisk on Mikhailovskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016
 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
 Island on Nizhniy Pond in Oranienbaum. Lomonosov, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 24, 2015
 Rocks in Black Point. Narragansett, Rhode Island, November 15, 2003
 Rocks in Black Point. Narragansett, Rhode Island, November 15, 2003
 Broken granite stone on a large damaged tomb in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024
 Broken granite tombstones on Second Nadezhdinskaya Lane near Smolenka River in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016
 Septarian nodule-like texture of back of a black granite tomb in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024
 Large damaged granite tomb of unknown person on 19-th section in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024
 Granite tomb of Bertha Maria Pallisen (died in 1864) in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024
 Granite rocks in Monrepo Park. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
 Gypsum rocks on northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
 Granite rocks in Monrepo Park. Vyborg, Russia, September 1, 2007
 Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum with seeds on rocks on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Irregularly shaped beach rocks in Al Aaliya Island (Jazirat al Aliyah). Qatar, March 27, 2013
 Mountain goat standing on rocks of northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
 Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and nodiflorum on rocks on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
 Castle Hill Lighthouse, with condensed frozen sea smoke fog on rocks. Newport, Rhode Island, January 22, 2005.
 Rocks south from Sheep Point, view from Cliff Walk trail. Newport, Rhode Island, January 22, 2005.
 Mountain goat standing on gypsum rocks of northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
 East end of Saari Island on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2013
 Island of Third South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
 Apinasaari Island of Third South Pond on Elagin Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2013
 Granite rocks in a forest east from Leypyasuo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 7, 2014
|