Cis Collection (page 4)

Lunar halo a forest with light mist, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Bog forest, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Baltic coastline with rocks in the sea, Latvia, June 2009

Dark cloudy sky over Lake Usma viewed from Moricsala Island, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Latvia, June 2009

Lake Usma viewed from a mooring stage on Moricsala Island with dark clouds, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Latvia, June 2009

Lake Usma viewed from Moricsala Island, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Latvia, June 2009

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) pond with trees reflected in water, Bog forest, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Hydrogen sulphude (H2S) pond with trees reflected in water, Bog forest, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Sand dunes with flowering plant, Agilos Kopa, Nagliai Nature Reserve, Curonian Spit, Lithuania, June 2009

Coniferous forest in spring, near Vilnius, Lithuania, May 2009

Sand dunes in evening light, Nagliai Nature Reserve, Curonian Spit, Lithuania, June 2009

Deciduous woodland in late spring, Curonian Spit, Lithuania, June 2009

Dawn light over wetland habitat, Nemunas Regional Reserve, Lithuania, June 2009

Wildflower meadow at dawn, Nemunas Delta, Lithuania, June 2009

Semi desert with Badlands, border area to Azerbaidjan, Vashlovani National Park, Georgia, May 2008

Flowering semi-desert with badlands in the distance, Vashlovani National Park, Georgia, May 2008

View over trees towards badlands at sunset, Vashlovani National Park, Georgia, May 2008

Colourful rolling hills along the border region to Azerbaijan, David Gareji Nature Reserve, Georgia, May 2008. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. NOT AVAILABLE FOR GREETING CARDS OR CALENDARS

Mud volcanoes, Takhti Tepa Nature Reserve, Georgia, May 2008

Flowering Tamarisk tree (Tamarix sp) in the Badlands, Vashlovani National Park, Georgia, May 2008

Waterfall, Mtirala National Park, Georgia, May 2008

Baltic sea with rocks in shallow water, Latvia, June 2009

Steppe landscape at sunset, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Steppe fields on fire, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Steppe landscape, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Prypiat river landscape, Belarus, June 2009

Insects in flight at dusk over the Prypiat river, Belarus, June 2009

Prypiat river at sunset, Belarus, June 2009

Lake Belau, South West Moldova, June 2009

Lake Belau, viewed from a boat, South west Moldova, June 2009

Light misty over the Codrii reserve at dawn, central Moldova, July 2009

Hilly landscape, Central Moldova, June 2009

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) female with nest and chicks in mouth. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, July

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait, resting on snow. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, March

Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) feeding. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, March

Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola). Zvanets fen mire, Belarus, Europe. Vulnerable Species

Sputnik 1 satellite, composite image
Sputnik 1. Composite image of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite against a backdrop of the Moon above Earths horizon. The Sun and the Earth are reflected on the satellites surface

Chernushka, Soviet space dog. Photographed on 11 March 1961, two days after Chernushka (" Blackie" ) had made an orbit of the Earth in the Sputnik 9 spacecraft on 9 March 1961

Russia, St. Petersburg; A man walking in front of high end clothes adverts in the city centre in Winter

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