![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/18t.jpg) Black rattlesnake in a canyon. Zhikharevo, east from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow lady slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) in a canyon of Lava River. Zhikharevo, east from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/966/jpeg/16t.jpg) Interior of a church in Rozhdestveno, south from Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Region. Russia, June 19, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/25t.jpg) Interior of Church of Boris and Gleb in Agalatovo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/955/jpeg/11t.jpg) Interior of a Gothic church of Peter and Paul in Shuvalovo Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1420/jpeg/15t.jpg) Interior of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/768/jpeg/10t.jpg) Interior of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/347/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mosaic interior of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 30, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/768/jpeg/16t.jpg) Interior decorations of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/346/jpeg/26t.jpg) Mosaic interior of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 30, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/23t.jpg) Church reflection (flipped image) in Staraya Ladoga. East from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/768/jpeg/14t.jpg) Interior mosaics on walls of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/872/jpeg/17t.jpg) Interior of Kazanskaya Church of Voskresenskiy Novodevichiy Monastery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/762/jpeg/14t.jpg) Interior of Saint Catherine Roman Catholic Church at 32 - 34 Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 19, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/963/jpeg/26t.jpg) Interior of Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/964/jpeg/17t.jpg) Interior of a stone mausoleum in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 15, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/974/jpeg/02t.jpg) Interior of Archangel Cathedral in Kremlin (Arkhangelsky sobor of Russian Orthodox church). Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/411/jpeg/01t.jpg) Interior of the Rozhdestveno Church, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/403/jpeg/24t.jpg) Interior of the Church of Saint Mary. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close up of a dome of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/403/jpeg/15t.jpg) Interior of Blagoveshchenskaya Church in Vasilievsky Ostrov neighborhood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/964/jpeg/06t.jpg) Church altar in Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/294/jpeg/23t.jpg) Interior of Christian Orthodox church in Konevets Monastery, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/479/jpeg/24t.jpg) Interior of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church at 40 Nevsky Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 15, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/958/jpeg/18t.jpg) Gothic church (Capella) in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 6, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/403/jpeg/19t.jpg) Interior of Church of Three Saints (Trioch Sviatiteley) in Vasilievsky Ostrov neighborhood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1260/jpeg/16t.jpg) Interior of Church of Uspeniya Presviatoy Bogoroditsy (built in 2008) in Pargolovo Cemetery near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1246/jpeg/18t.jpg) Interior of Vladimir Cathedral (orthodox church) at 9A Lenina Street. Kronstadt, part of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/958/jpeg/27t.jpg) Gothic church (Capella) (1831-1833) in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 6, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/533/jpeg/07t.jpg) Coliseum Place Baptist Church (1854 - 2006) ruined by a fire at 1376 Camp Street in Lower Garden District. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 22, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/03t.jpg) Interior of church of Dormition of the Mother of God (former scating rink) on Leytenanta Shmidta Embankment of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/529/jpeg/14t.jpg) Interior of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church at 2327(?) Burgundy Street in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 9, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/260/jpeg/15t.jpg) Interior of the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth, Grotto of the Virgin. The Middle East, March 16, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/817/jpeg/25t.jpg) Interior of Church of the Epiphany at 501 East Gregg Street. Calvert, Texas, December 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/01t.jpg) Arch of the Hurva (Ruined Synagogue) in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/619/jpeg/17t.jpg) Interior of a church near 19th Street in East End Historic District. Galveston, Texas, March 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/10t.jpg) Interior of Pater Noster Church on Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/216/jpeg/09t.jpg) Interior of Church of Saint George in Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/22t.jpg) Interior of Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/953/jpeg/06t.jpg) Interior of Fiodorovsky Cathedral. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of an Orthodox church in Tur Malka Russian monastery on Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/14t.jpg) Old gas station in Zhiharevo, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 2, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/11t.jpg) Petrovsky Bridge in Zhiharevo, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 2, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/22t.jpg) A fly east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/21t.jpg) Monastery in Staraya Ladoga. East from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/15t.jpg) Emerging thunderstorm clouds in Zhiharevo, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 2, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rapids of Lava River in Zhiharevo, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 2, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/22t.jpg) Saint George s Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, east from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/10t.jpg) Interior of church of Saviour on Ilyino. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/03t.jpg) Daisy and buttercup east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/02t.jpg) Leaf venation east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/13t.jpg) White flowers of bittercress (Cardamine) in Zhiharevo, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 2, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cinquefoil (Potentilla) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/10t.jpg) Melampyrum nemorosum east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/11t.jpg) Feeding mosquito east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/04t.jpg) Daisy flower east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/10t.jpg) Green grasshopper east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/447/jpeg/22t.jpg) Interior of Saint Mary s Assumption Church. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/449/jpeg/18t.jpg) Interior of Saint Patrick s Catholic Church. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 15, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/768/jpeg/23t.jpg) Interior of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/953/jpeg/01t.jpg) Altar of a recently built church. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Paromenskaya Church in Zavelichye. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/768/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dome interior of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flowers of wild strawberry east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/21t.jpg) Skipper butterfly on a leaf east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/10t.jpg) Yellow flower of avens east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/01t.jpg) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blue and brown butterflies east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Interior of Andreevsky Cathedral on Vasilievsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/762/jpeg/02t.jpg) Interior of Kazansky Cathedral on Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/449/jpeg/19t.jpg) Interior of Saint Patrick s Roman Catholic Church. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 15, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/449/jpeg/02t.jpg) Interior of Saint Mary s Church in Old Ursuline Convent. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/955/jpeg/10t.jpg) Gothic church of Peter and Paul in Shuvalovo Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/21t.jpg) Interior of a church in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/05t.jpg) Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/09t.jpg) Central area of daisy flower east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young leaves of raspberry (Rubus) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bird s-eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/06t.jpg) Amanda s Blue butterfly (Polyommatus amandus) on Saint John s wort east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/872/jpeg/25t.jpg) Interior of a mausoleum in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/522/jpeg/03t.jpg) Interior of Saint Patrick s Catholic Church at 724 Camp Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 7, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/447/jpeg/23t.jpg) "Las Vegas style" interior of Saint Mary s Assumption Church. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 8, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/992/jpeg/20t.jpg) First Presbyterian Church, formerly Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Sterling (1850) at 401 East Barton Street, a corner Beech Street at morning. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/21t.jpg) Praying at the entrance of Anna Kashinskaya Church, view from a tour bus. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flowers of Bird s-eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/12t.jpg) Amanda s Blue butterfly (Polyommatus amandus) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/07t.jpg) Amanda s Blue butterfly (Polyommatus amandus) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/25t.jpg) Flower of wild strawberry (Russian name Zemlianika) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spreading Bellflower (Bluebells, Campanula patula) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/13t.jpg) Arctic Fritillary butterfly (Boloria chariclea)(?) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/968/jpeg/19t.jpg) Large Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/13t.jpg) Scarce Fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas maturna) east from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1444/jpeg/19t.jpg) Interior of Cathedral of Archangel Michael. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 22, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/570/jpeg/09t.jpg) Interior of Saint Paul s Catholic Church on Nassau Street. Princeton, New Jersey, February 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/953/jpeg/04t.jpg) Altar of Trinity Church in Melnikovo (Tserkov Troitsy Zhivonachalnoy). North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/24t.jpg) Church of Boris and Gleb (built in 1999 - 2001) in Agalatovo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/19t.jpg) Begging person on steps of Anna Kashinskaya Church, view from a tour bus. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/952/jpeg/23t.jpg) Gates of Church of Boris and Gleb in Agalatovo, view from a tour bus. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/06t.jpg) Black-veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
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