Photo of the Day 433

St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, 2000

Photograph by Jodi Cobb

A light snowfall dusts St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square. Ivan the Terrible commissioned the iconic building in the mid-16th century. It houses nine distinct chapels, each with its own unique dome.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Enigma of Beauty," January 2000, National Geographic magazine)

Photo of the Day 373

Yawning Tiger, Siberia, Russia, 2000

Photograph by Reza

The millions of acres of virgin forest in eastern Russia are home to an extraordinary variety of wildlife, including about 350 endangered Amur tigers, such as this adult yawning in a Siberian field.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Black Dragon River: On the Edge of Empires," February 2000, National Geographic magazine)

Photo of the day 237

Volcanic Soil, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 2001

Photograph by Carsten Peter

A fisheye lens captures the desolate gray of a volcanic plain on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Kamchatka is a scimitar-shaped spit of land on Russia's far east coast, home to more than a hundred volcanoes, 29 of which are active.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Russia's Frozen Inferno," August 2001, National Geographic magazine)