 Marble fragments in abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Rocks of abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Marble cliffs near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Marble rocks near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Large rocks near marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Northern part of Marble Lake (inundated marble quarry) in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 View from western shore of Marble Lake (inundated marble quarry) in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Fall colors at northern part of Marble Lake (inundated marble quarry) in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Cliffs near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Inundated marble grotto in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 View from southern shore of an inundated quarry in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 Ahvenkoski Waterfalls A Zori Zdes Tikhie near Ruskeala. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
 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
 Kirova Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Garden near Zavodskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Fountain of Kirova Square. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Old house at 13 Sovietskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Sovetskaya Street after a rain. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 White cat at 10 Karelskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Wooden house at 13 Sovietskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 View from Zavodskaya (Factory) Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Garages at south-east end of Sovetskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Garages near Sovetskikh Kosmonavtov (Soviet Cosmonauts) Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Fire Station from a corner of Karelskaya and Vyaynemyaynena streets. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Old railroad service building at 3 Vtoraya Pristanskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 City Library (old Town Hall, 1885) at 18 Lenin Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Abandoned stone wall west from Old Quarry in Freetown/Fall River State Forest. Massachusetts, May 24, 2003
 Marble Bridge from east in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Marble Bridge from north in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Marble Bridge at Great Pond in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Marble Bridge of Great Pond in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Empty Island in Catherine Park, near Marble Bridge. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Great Pond in Catherine Park, near Marble Bridge. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Kaymanova Street near a corner with Zavodskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Former Sortavala Lyceum (Johan Jacob Ahrenberg, 1901). Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Reflections of Marble Bridge in Great Pond in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) (2010) in a public garden near Town Hall. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
 Fall foliage around Marble Bridge in Great Pond in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Fall colors around Marble Bridge of Great Pond in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Marble Bridge and Empty Island in Great Pond in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Marble sarcophagus in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2015
 Partraits on a marble sarcophagus in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2015
 Headless marble sculpture in a mausoleum in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2015
 Marble angel in a stone mausoleum in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2015
 Marble sculpture near Sun Fountain in Lower Gardens. Peterhof (Petrodvorets), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2015
 Orange spots on leaves of mountain ash caused by mountain ash-juniper rust fungus (Gymnosporangium cornutum) in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 17, 2015
 Remains of marble figures in a stone mausoleum in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2015
 Marble sculpture on a tomb of Tusenka Sheffel in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2015
 Marble Fountain of Private Garden near Catherine Palace. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Marble Fountain and nymphs of Private Garden near Catherine Palace. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Chess Mountain Cascade in Lower Gardens. Peterhof (Petrodvorets), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2015
 Golden Mountain Cascade in Lower Gardens. Peterhof (Petrodvorets), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2015
 Fountains of Golden Mountain Cascade in Lower Gardens. Peterhof (Petrodvorets), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 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
 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
 Western side of Nikolsky Island, 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
 Granite rocks 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
 Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, 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
 Rocks south-east from 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
 Entrance 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
 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
 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
 Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky 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
 Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky 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
 Marble fountain of Personal Garden in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2016
 Marble Bridge in Ekaterininsky (Catherine) Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 25, 2017
 Marble decorations in Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 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
 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
 Marble fountain and arbor of Personal Garden in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2016
 Gallery of marble sculptures above Main Staircase in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
 Great Pond and Marble Bridge in Ekaterininsky (Catherine) Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 25, 2017
 Marble Fountain of Sobstvenny Sadik (Private Garden) in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 19, 2013
 Sandstone quarry in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
 Quarry near Jabal Al Jassasiya rock carving site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, May 9, 2015
 Limestone quarry at sunrise at Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
 Sunrise over a limestone quarry at Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
 Sunrise over a stone quarry at Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
 Stone quarry from a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 26, 2015
 El Capitan Mountain at sunset, view from lower Roadside Park south from the mountain. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
 El Capitan Mountain from a trail at the foot of the mountain. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
 El Capitan Mountain from southern foot of the mountain. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 27, 2007
 Marble Dining Room in Gatchina Palace. Gatchina, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2015
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