Bashkiria
VITALY VORONINPacification. National park “Onezh Seaboard”.
Nikolai GernetThunderbolt. Lighting above a lake in Yekaterinburg.
Sergei BannichFire in a forest in the Tver region.
Olga ChumachenkoThe ghost village of Gamsutl is an abandoned ancient Avar settlement in Dagestan, North Caucasus. The village, which is carved in rock atop a 4600-feet high mountain, is barely noticeable these days.
Dmitry ChistoprudovLake Baikal in March.
Andrei GrachevThe long-tailed rosefinch, a non-migratory bird common to Siberia and the Urals.
Tatiana SmirnovaThe birth of a white bear for the first time in 42 years is an important event in the life of Novosibirsk. The whole city was involved in the naming process, eventually opting to call him Shilka. Novosibirsk Oblast.
Andrey ChernikhTolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, at sunrise.
Alexei CharitonovA road leading in the vast expanses of Bashkiria.
Vitaly VoroninCape Stolbchaty in the Kuril Islands. The natural columns resemble an amphitheater.
Vikror PantusThe owlets in Volgograd Oblast.
Svetlana ShinkarenkoHouseleek pattern. Moscow region.
Victoria SmirnovaThe stoats in Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
Alexandr KrivoshapkinTolbatchik volcano’s final blow. This volcanic eruption ended one year ago, but lava can still be seen. Kamchatka.
Denis Bud’kovThe water color of May in Ivanovo Oblast.
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