 Boats and stones on a beach in Repino, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Stones and shallow water in Repino, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Stones on a beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Boat on a beach between Repino and Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 30, 2011
 View towards Repino from the Laskovy Beach area in Solnechnoe highlighting a transition in the coastal landscape of the Gulf of Finland, marked by rugged natural textures and distinct geological features typical of the Karelian Isthmus shoreline. Unlike the wide, smooth sandy expanses of the main Laskovy Beach, the stretch towards Repino is characterized by a "stony belt" of glacial boulders and pebbles. The rocks visible in the shallow water and on the sand--primarily rapakivi granite and gneiss--are glacial erratics left behind by retreating ice sheets. Their reddish and grey hues (wet from the waves) contrast sharply with the rust-colored sand. Several hooded crows (Corvus cornix) are visible foraging along the shoreline. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
 Granite stones on a beach of Gulf of Finland in Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22, 2017
 Stony cape in Repino, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2013
 Bonnet mushrooms (Mycena sp.) of different sizes taken from Pavlovsk Park, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, November 1, 2016
 Gulf of Finland between Repino and Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 30, 2011
 Gulf of Finland near Repino, 20 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, January 31, 2000
 Ice crystals of different sizes on frozen Gulf of Finland in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 24, 2017
 A. I. Sherstyuk in Repino boarding house, 20 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, January 31, 2000
 Texture of stones on a beach in Dukhan. Qatar, January 15, 2016
 Stones on a beach near Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, October 3, 2014
 Stones on a beach near Jebel Fuwairit at sunrise. Qatar, October 3, 2014
 Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Icy stones and Horseneck Beach from Gooseberry Point. Westport, Massachusetts, January 17, 2004
 Granite stones on a beach of Vyborg Bay near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
 Sand ripples on a beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Sestra River on a beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 A gull with a fish on a beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Stones on a beach in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, May 9, 2015
 Icy stones of Gooseberry Point (Horseneck Beach Park). Westport, Massachusetts, January 17, 2004
 Stony beach with water springs in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Stones near a beach in a village of Al Jumail (Jumayl) west of Ruwais. Northern Qatar, January 24, 2015
 Sandy beach of a quarry at Eco Trail Sestroretskoye Swamp near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 27, 2021
 Sand ripples on a beach of Gulf of Finland in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Pine and alder trees near stony beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
 Flowers of a wild apple tree on a beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Blooming wild apple tree on a beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Black stones of an old dam of Volchya River in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 3, 2024
 Stones in Gulf of Finland south from Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2013
 Memorial stones in Levashovskaya Pustosh Cemetery. Levashovo near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 30, 2016
 Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea, Russian name Burda pliushchevaya) on a beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Repin Street on Vasilyevsky Island paved by cobble-stones. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 Oaks near Pile of Stones in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
 Stones in Gulf of Finland in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 12, 2013
 Stones in still weather in Gulf of Finland south from Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2013
 Granite stones in Monrepo (Mon Repos) Park. Vyborg, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 7, 2016
 Beach of Bolshoy (Kristatelevy) Pond (Zelionka Lake) in Sergievka Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2021
 Sandy beach at Lake Likolampi (Verkholino, or Figurnoe) in a forest between Lembolovo and Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 11, 2021
 Torn fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe lacera) on overgrown sandy beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Stones of a Skit (secluded monastery) in Konevets Island, 80 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
 Granite stones near Gulf of Finland in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 12, 2013
 Stones in Urochishche Teterevskoe open space, between Orekhovo and Lembolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 30, 2010
 Stones scattered on a granite base on a beach of Vyborg Bay on Storozhok Peninsula near granite quarry near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
 Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in grass on a sandy beach near bushes near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Underside of torn fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe lacera) on overgrown sandy beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Close-up of torn fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe lacera) on overgrown sandy beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Young torn fibrecap mushrooms (Inocybe lacera) on overgrown sandy beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 White dead-nettle (Lamium album, Russian name Glukhaya Krapiva) on a beach near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Pine trees growing among granite stones on a beach of Vyborg Bay on Storozhok Peninsula near granite quarry near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
 Stones and birch trees in Urochishche Teterevskoe place near Lembolovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2013
 Scalycap (Pholiota sp.) mushrooms near one of memorial stones in Levashovskaya Pustosh Cemetery. Levashovo near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 30, 2016
 Underside of common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in grass on a sandy beach near bushes near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in grass on a sandy beach (photo with flash) near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Close-up of common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in grass on a sandy beach near bushes near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 29, 2021
 Rooting bolete mushrooms (Caloboletus radicans, Boletus radicans) reminding stones on a lawn near Dvortsovaya Street in Alexander Park in Pushkin, former Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2017
 Rooting bolete mushrooms (Caloboletus radicans, Boletus radicans) reminiscent large stones on a lawn near Dvortsovaya Street in Alexander Park in Pushkin, former Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2017
 Wooden and iron doors of different sizes at Sikkat Ibn Al Rabei near Al Dawakhil Street, Najma area. Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2013
 Different sizes of porcini mushrooms (Boletus edulis group) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 21, 2018
 Rooting bolete mushrooms (Caloboletus radicans, Boletus radicans) reminiscent large stones on a lawn near Dvortsovaya Street with a cut mushroom staining blue in Alexander Park in Pushkin, former Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2017
 Spores of different sizes of rust fungus Puccinia dioicae under microscope, collected from cut-leaved evening primrose in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 18, 2022
 Wind driven sand grains of two different sizes in area of dunes near Harrarah, west from Mesayeed, south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 19, 2013
 Beach east of Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 12, 2016
 Sculptures on Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 12, 2016
 Beach pea in dunes. Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
 Stray dog on a beach. Kronstadt (part of Saint Petersburg), Russia, February 11, 2013
 Roots of reeds on a beach. Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
 Sand ripples on a beach east of Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 12, 2016
 Grains of granite on a beach. Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
 Sand ripples on a beach. Kurort, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
 Road near a beach in Dubki Park in Sestroretsk, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 12, 2016
 Grains of sand on a beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
 Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 24, 2017
 Course-grained sand on a beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
 Sand ripples on a beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
 Sand ripples on a beach near Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 19, 2011
 Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2017
 Catkins of willow near a beach in Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
 Olginsky Pond beach, near Svetlanovsky Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2007
 Dunes of Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2017
 Course-grained sand on a beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 2, 2016
 A beach in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
 Public sculptures on Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 19, 2011
 Dunes of Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2013
 Large grained sand on a beach. Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
 Large grains of sand on a beach. Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2014
 Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 30, 2016
 A beach of Gulf of Finland in Peterhof, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 27, 2004
 A beach between Beloostrov and Solnechnoe, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia. September 7, 2002
 A beach in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2015
 Entrance of Laskovy Beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 5, 2017
 Iron oxides in water on a beach near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 12, 2017
 Winter rosette of leaves on a beach near Sestroretsk. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 12, 2017
 Large grains of sand on a beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
 Laskovy Beach and Gulf of Finland in Solnechnoe, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 19, 2011
 Gulf of Finland and a beach in Sestroretsk at windy day. Near Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2001
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