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From the Lake Baikal guide:

Located in Siberia near the Mongolian border, and surrounded by mountains, forests and wild rivers, Baikal is an immense and breathtaking area of physical beauty. Baikal holds twenty percent of the earth's fresh water and harbors more endemic species of plants and animals than any other lake in the world. Fed by 336 rivers and streams including the Angara, Barguzin, Selenga, Turka and Snezhnaya, the lake holds fifty species of fish including bullhead, sturgeon and omul.

Fredrik_p captured this photo on a trans-Siberian train journey he is currently on with his newly-wed wife, Sabrinakam. You can read more about their trip on their blog.

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Well for the life of me, I thought Noah's Ark got caught somewhere in Turkey...

But apparently, it was this tall building in St. Petersburg that snagged the ancient load-bearing vessel.

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