Purple rhododendrons bloom on a rocky embankment above a calm bay at Petrova Island, as morning rays break through dark clouds toward a solitary island on the horizon. — Lazovsky Reserve, Primorsky Krai · May 2008

Azaleas Above the Quiet Bay

On a spring morning at Petrova Island, dense rhododendron blooms covered the sandy slope above the bay as crepuscular rays broke through dark cloud, reaching toward a solitary island on the horizon.

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Nikon D20017mmf/81/15sISO 10011 May 2008

Calm Water Rocky Shoreline Diagonal Tension Foreground Interest Layering Leading Lines Rule Of Thirds Partly Cloudy Spring Sunrise

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