Tag: Photo of the day
Border Gate in Ischkoschim
A snapshot from inside the car. A Volga is parked directly in front of the locked gate at the Tajik-Afghan border crossing in Ishkoshim. Whether the car and its occupants… [...]
Bukharan Mornings
The sun’s morning rays are already glaring in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, before the shadows can begin to fade. A shopkeeper walks to open his shop as a pair of tourists stroll… [...]
Vintage Car
An old Soviet car slowly comes to an end in front of its owner’s house in Kyzyl Tuu, Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Pierre-Armand Dussex (France) Find… [...]
On the Wrong Track
The now disused railway running through Tash-Kömür in Kyrgyzstan. Today the tracks are only used by pedestrians. Credit: Alex Wordley Find… [...]
Rocket-shaped Minaret
The Emin minaret in Turpan, Xinjiang, China, is the tallest minaret in China with a 44 meters height. It was built in the late 18th century and has an unique… [...]
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Carving Wood
Young men carving the wooden column in a traditional way, using chisels. Khiva, Uzbekistan. Credit: Konstantin Novaković Find all of our photos of the… [...]
Fresh snow in the Pamirs
The cold weather over night covered the high mountains of the… [...]
Shepherds at the Jeti-Ögüz
A Kyrgyz shepherd with his son drives his herd of sheep past the famous Jeti-Ögüz rocks towards the green mountain meadows. Credit:… [...]
Ismoil Somoni Statue
An unusal view to the Ismoil Somoni Statue at night. The monument is the landmark of Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe and remembers the national hero… [...]
Underground palaces
Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, was the first city in Central Asia to open a metro, back in Soviet times. The subway stations were… [...]