Anticrepuscular Rays Over Registan

Anticrepuscular rays stretch across the sky above the Registan in Samarkand at sunset, casting rose and blue shadows over the golden-lit tiled domes and minarets.

A photo of anticrepuscular rays over the Registan in Samarkand at sunset, rose and blue shadows above golden-lit tiled domes and minarets See more

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The Registan in Samarkand at dusk, featuring its three illuminated madrasas with turquoise domes and golden tiled portals reflected in the wet flagstones of the empty square under a dark, overcast sky.

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