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Dark and dreadful images of contemporary St. Petersburg (Russia) showing an atmosphere as if the Stalin era had never gone away.

No other figure in recent Russian history has received the amount of vilification and contempt heaped upon Gregory Rasputin. The self-styled monk, who received practically little education in the intricacies of the Russian Orthodox faith, came from the rural areas of Russia and achieved great recognition as a "staretz," or holy man in the highest circles of St. Petersburg society. From rags to social prominence the life of Gregory Rasputin holds many of the events leading to the eventual overthrow of the Russian imperial system, the dethronement of the House of Romanov and the assassination of the Imperial Family. Gregory Efimovich was born on January 10, 1869, in Prokovskoe, a small village in Siberia on the banks of the Tura River. As a young lad, Rasputin shocked his village by constantly finding ways to get into trouble with the authorities.

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the sun shines on the mangrove forest as it has done so for millions and millions of years. The mangrove forest will survive the human catastrophe, by the way. It will still be here millions of years from now.

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fractal pattern in the clouds

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each wave has its own sun

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colorful kayaks ... I am very much pro-kayaking, pro-canoeing and pro-swimming though I spend nearly all of my time on the ground

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boat

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clouds shining on the water

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Weedon Island's fishing pier with kayaks on the water

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the sun is hot, bright and beautiful

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kayaks

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the clouds like mountains between the mangrove forest and the bright hot summer sun

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the sun in the cute little bird's eye

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sunlight on and through the clouds

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mangrove shoreline with waves

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the mangrove forest viewed from the observation tower

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the clouds rising up to their power supply

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you can search the entire Universe and you won't find birds anywhere except here on the Earth, the most beautiful planet in the Universe

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flowers and leaves

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I love the mangrove forest ... good for the souls and a three dimensional maze for the eyes

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the little spider blends in with its home

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ants at work