HDR photo archive

02/9/07 - Casa Mila, Barcelona Agios Nikolaos, Crete Okinawa, Japan Ladakh, India Kharkiv, Ukraine St. Petersburg, Russia Moscow, Russia Novosibirsk, Russia Stockholm, Shweden Minsk, Belarus Iceland Haifa, Israel Crimea, Ukraine Sydney Opera House, Australia Paris, France Pyatigorsk, Russia St. Vite’s Cathedral, Prague Prague, Czech Republic Moscow Zoo Montserrat mountain, Spain Valaam, Russia Moscow subway The bunker on [...]

Montserrat mountain, Spain

02/11/07 - Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia, in Spain. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa María de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some [1] with the location of the Holy Grail in Arthurian myth. The name “Montserrat” literally means “jagged mountain” and is [...]

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

01/29/07 - Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, partly in the municipality Nieuw-Lekkerland, partly in the municipality of Alblasserdam, South Holland province, the Netherlands. It lies about 15km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is in a polder at the confluence of the rivers Lek and Noord. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built [...]

Tel Aviv, Israel

02/9/07 - Tel Aviv-Yafo is Israel’s second largest city, located on the Mediterranean coast. It is the main city of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, Gush Dan (Dan Bloc), which has a population of 3,040,400.[2] The city itself has a population of 382,500 over an area covering 50,553 dunams (50.6 km² or 19.5 [...]

Minsk, Belarus

08/3/07 - Minsk is the capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the administrative centre of Minsk voblast (province) and Minsk raion. Read more [...]

HDR photo archive

02/9/07 - Casa Mila, Barcelona Agios Nikolaos, Crete Okinawa, Japan Ladakh, India Kharkiv, Ukraine St. Petersburg, Russia Moscow, Russia Novosibirsk, Russia Stockholm, Shweden Minsk, Belarus Iceland Haifa, Israel Crimea, Ukraine Sydney Opera House, Australia Paris, France Pyatigorsk, Russia St. Vite’s Cathedral, Prague Prague, Czech Republic Moscow Zoo Montserrat mountain, Spain Valaam, Russia Moscow subway The bunker on [...]

Moscow Zoo

02/2/07 - The Moscow Zoo is the largest and oldest zoo in Russia. It was founded in 1864 by a group of professor-biologists, K.F. Rulje, S.A. Usov and A.P. Bogdanov, from the Moscow State University. In 1919, the zoo was nationalized. In 1922, the ownership was transferred to the city of Moscow and has remained under Moscow’s [...]

Agios Nikolaos, Crete

10/19/07 - Agios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island’s capital Heraklion, north of the town of Ierapetra and west of the town of Sitia. In the year 2000, the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, which takes in part of the surrounding villages, claimed around 19,000 inhabitants. The town [...]

Valaam, Russia

02/11/07 - Valaam is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as the site of the Valaam Monastery and for its natural beauty. In [...]

Girona, Catalonia

02/5/07 - Catalonia, is one of the constituent autonomous communities of Spain, which acceded to this status declared as a nationality of the Spanish nation by its statute. As such, it is commonly referred to as the Autonomous community of Catalonia. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, and Valencia to the [...]

Agios Nikolaos, Crete

10/19/07 - Agios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete, lying east of the island’s capital Heraklion, north of the town of Ierapetra and west of the town of Sitia. In the year 2000, the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos, which takes in part of the surrounding villages, claimed around 19,000 inhabitants. The town [...]

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

01/29/07 - Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, partly in the municipality Nieuw-Lekkerland, partly in the municipality of Alblasserdam, South Holland province, the Netherlands. It lies about 15km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is in a polder at the confluence of the rivers Lek and Noord. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built [...]

Novosibirsk, Russia

10/19/07 - Novosibirsk is Russia’s third largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast. It is also the largest city in Siberia and the administrative center of Siberian Federal District, in the southwest of which it is located. Read more on Wikipedia (c) tsteve

Minsk, Belarus

08/3/07 - Minsk is the capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the administrative centre of Minsk voblast (province) and Minsk raion. Read more [...]

Crimea, Ukraine

07/25/07 - Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea occupying a peninsula of the same name. The territory of Crimea was conquered and controlled many times through its history: from Cimmerians to Greeks, Iranians, Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Khazars, the state of Kievan Rus’, [...]

Novosibirsk, Russia

10/19/07 - Novosibirsk is Russia’s third largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast. It is also the largest city in Siberia and the administrative center of Siberian Federal District, in the southwest of which it is located. Read more on Wikipedia (c) tsteve

Pyatigorsk, Russia

02/2/07 - Pyatigorsk is a city in Stavropol Krai on the Podkumok River in the Southern Federal District of Russia, about twenty kilometers from Mineralnye Vody. The name Pyatigorsk means “five mountains” in Russian and is so called because of the five peaks of the Beshtau (which also means “five mountains” in Turkic) of the Caucasian mountain [...]

Moscow, Russia

10/19/07 - Moscow (Moskva) is the capital of Russia and the country’s economic, financial, educational, and transportation centre. It is located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. The metropolitan area of Moscow (Moskva) is the largest in Europe, whose population constitutes about 7% of the total Russian population. [...]

Valaam, Russia

02/11/07 - Valaam is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The total area of its more than 50 islands is 36 km². The largest island is also called Valaam. It is best known as the site of the Valaam Monastery and for its natural beauty. In [...]

Moscow Zoo

02/2/07 - The Moscow Zoo is the largest and oldest zoo in Russia. It was founded in 1864 by a group of professor-biologists, K.F. Rulje, S.A. Usov and A.P. Bogdanov, from the Moscow State University. In 1919, the zoo was nationalized. In 1922, the ownership was transferred to the city of Moscow and has remained under Moscow’s [...]

Saint Petersburg, Russia

10/19/07 - Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred [...]

Saint Petersburg, Russia

10/19/07 - Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred [...]

Kharkiv, Ukraine

10/19/07 - Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kharkiv Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Kharkivskyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city is located in the northeast of the country at around 49°54′60″N, 36°18′60″E. As of 2006, its population is [...]

Pyatigorsk, Russia

02/2/07 - Pyatigorsk is a city in Stavropol Krai on the Podkumok River in the Southern Federal District of Russia, about twenty kilometers from Mineralnye Vody. The name Pyatigorsk means “five mountains” in Russian and is so called because of the five peaks of the Beshtau (which also means “five mountains” in Turkic) of the Caucasian mountain [...]

Tel Aviv, Israel

02/9/07 - Tel Aviv-Yafo is Israel’s second largest city, located on the Mediterranean coast. It is the main city of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, Gush Dan (Dan Bloc), which has a population of 3,040,400.[2] The city itself has a population of 382,500 over an area covering 50,553 dunams (50.6 km² or 19.5 [...]

Minsk, Belarus

08/3/07 - Minsk is the capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is also the administrative centre of Minsk voblast (province) and Minsk raion. Read more [...]

Saint Petersburg, Russia

10/19/07 - Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred [...]

Kharkiv, Ukraine

10/19/07 - Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kharkiv Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Kharkivskyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city is located in the northeast of the country at around 49°54′60″N, 36°18′60″E. As of 2006, its population is [...]

Novosibirsk, Russia

10/19/07 - Novosibirsk is Russia’s third largest city, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast. It is also the largest city in Siberia and the administrative center of Siberian Federal District, in the southwest of which it is located. Read more on Wikipedia (c) tsteve

Tel Aviv, Israel

02/9/07 - Tel Aviv-Yafo is Israel’s second largest city, located on the Mediterranean coast. It is the main city of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, Gush Dan (Dan Bloc), which has a population of 3,040,400.[2] The city itself has a population of 382,500 over an area covering 50,553 dunams (50.6 km² or 19.5 [...]