Pine Alley

July 31st, 2009

For development photo and post  Embankment on the Left Bank of Ishim I placed this picture under name “Pine Alley”. There are some not great pines at small alley along left bank of Ishim river. This is nice place for walk and airing, jogging, outing and like occupation. I made the photo 10 May 2009, Astana, Kazakhstan.

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Needles

July 30th, 2009

In pine forrest I made this photo at 30 May 2009. This remarkable glade located nearest Scucinsk city that is in 2 hour from Astana. It is very sunny and splendid place for rest of any office plankton and simple tourists.

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Astana in Reflection

July 29th, 2009

One early-early morning on left bank Ishim you can look right bank in a calm water. 6 a.m. 7 June 2009. The Silece and the Calmness. Even tourist’s cars is sleeping. And a government employees is sleeping too. Only dirty river Ishim don’t sleeping in morning it reflection those beautiful buildings. Astana. Kazakhstan.

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Beetle in Ambush

July 28th, 2009

At 30 May 2009 I was make a short tourist autotour to Accol town. I made photo of my beetle it was in 30 km from Astana city nearest the road to Kostanay. In general Astana’s outskirts is very poor for any insects, small  animals and another nature objects. It is not any jungle, it is steppe.

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Private House on the Ishim’s Bank

July 26th, 2009

There are some private houses and even a whole village in center of Astana city nearest Ishim river. One of those houses you can see on my photo. Turkish style and ponderousness hided in light colouring of walls. For sale or not for sale I don’t now but it is nice if every citizen of Kazakhstan will be able to buy even house. Photo taken 13 June 2009.

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Astana has a Peach Flowers

July 24th, 2009

I am not botanist. But I have the sense of harmony and beauty. Astana is city with too high geographic latitude and a peach tree is not growing here. But there is some flowers too look a peach tree in blossom. Photo made 11 May 2009. Astana. Kazakhstan.

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Pyramid in Sunset

July 23rd, 2009

This is Palace of Peace and Concord in the capital of Kazakhstan. The photo taken 2 June 2009 at 19:30. I didn’t now the top of the Palace is thransparent. Dark blue glass cover this peak.

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Kazakhstan’s Hawthorn

July 21st, 2009

Who now a hawthorn tree? Look! There is one hawthorn in blossom. I take this photo at 10 May 2009. A hawthorn very looks on apple especially in blossom of big white flowers.  Afterwards this flowers will grow in diminutive apple it has name “hawthorn”.

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Embankment on the Left Bank of Ishim

July 13th, 2009

In Astana on the left bank of Ishim river we have quiet and calm place. Near of here are not any main road. But a few townsmen make to walk in this beautiful place surrouded interesting architecture. They walk in anouther places. Therefor astana’s guest, tourist and traveller wellcome to here.

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Strange View: Hairy Plant

July 12th, 2009

In the pine forest under Scucinsk you can see such a plant. Some  traveller can wonder at this but a botanist – never one. He must say this plant  go in bulbar klass. I don’t now very well… This photo taken 30 May 2009 in Kazakhstan.

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