π Good morning! Aren't the turquoise & yellow ceramic mosaics beautiful β especially at night? π They're located in a madrasa on Registan Square in Samarkand, #Uzbekistan. Wishing you a lovelyΒ Sunday!Β π€
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07.12.2025 10:36 β π 47 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
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Good morning, we have for theme #movement of #birdoftheday this Brown-headed Gull flying over the Bukhtarma reservoir in eastern #Kazakhstan. Have a wonderful day! π€
#birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #centralasia
06.12.2025 11:21 β π 62 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Yes, indeed. Thank you π
02.12.2025 20:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Good morning π! This is not in #Korea - this is the door to the Korean Frienship Garden in Astana, the capital of #Kazakhstan, to underline the good relationship between these countries. π€
Have a wonderful Tuesday. π€
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02.12.2025 10:44 β π 33 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
What luck! πA gap in the clouds reveals a view of snow-capped Peak Nursultan (4376 m) in the Trans-Ile Alatau Mountains near Almaty in #Kazakhstan. π» We wish you a lucky Monday, too! π€
#Photography #Landscape #Mountains #ThePhotoHour #Bluesky #BlueskyMonday #Nature #CentralAsia #MountainMonday
01.12.2025 11:03 β π 70 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good afternoon! Today, we have a photo from the exteriour wall of the Mausoleum of Sufi Yasawi in the city Turkestan in #Kazakhstan. π°πΏ The mausoleum, with its beautiful ceramic ornaments, is still a popular pilgrim destination for Turks from #CentralAsia. Happy Sunday! π€
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30.11.2025 12:54 β π 46 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
π Good morning, the snow leopard moves on soft paws πΎ, like those of this leopard cub, silently and stealthily stalking its prey. π We wish you a soft & peaceful Saturday too! π
#photography #eastcoastkin #caturday #cats #pawns #wildlife #nature ##catsofbluesky
29.11.2025 11:40 β π 53 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good morning, we wish you a wonderful Friday π€ with a beautiful view of the roof of Toqi Sarrofon. πΈ It was built in 1534 by Ubaydullah Khan as a trade center for money exchange π°of the town Bukhara in #Uzbekistan.
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28.11.2025 11:42 β π 38 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks! π It the Kazakh march Rukh (Spirit) played by the presidential orchestra of Kazakhstan - if we are not mistaken.
28.11.2025 10:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
You want to see some impressive, not well-known landscapes of #Kazakhstan? Check this YT video of these guys! Well done. π
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27.11.2025 23:36 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
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Good morning! Did you know that flamingos live in #Kazakhstan? 𦩠The greater flamingo population of around 30 thousand birds migrates between the Caspian Sea and Lake Tengiz every year. We wish you all a wonderful Thursday! π€ #BirdOfTheDay #HeadShots #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #CentralAsia
27.11.2025 10:41 β π 82 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1
π Good morning! Isn't this sunrise view from a Northern Light Tower over Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, breathtaking? Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday! π€
#WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Scape #CityScape #CentralAsia #Sunset #StormHour #UrbanGaze #Streetphotography
26.11.2025 10:36 β π 33 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
ποΈ Today, we start the morning with a focus on the rock "Middle Sister" in the Burabay National Park in northern #Kazakhstan.
We wish you a great Tuesday. π€
#EastCoastKin #Cairns #Rocks #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #LandscapePhotography #Hiking #CentralAsia #RockinTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue
25.11.2025 11:08 β π 36 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good morning, everyone! The new week awaits you with a bluish-pinkish view to the Altai Mountains in #Kazakhstan. ποΈ Isn't it a amazing view? π
We wish you a fabulous Monday! π
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24.11.2025 10:46 β π 74 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good morning from Lake Tortkara in eastern #Kazakhstan. Would you like to be there, too? ποΈ
Happy good Sunday! ποΈ
#lake #mountains #nature #autumn #fall #calm #tranquility #landscapephotography #stunday #blueskyartshow #naturephotography #kazakhstan #explorebc #hiking #camping #travel #centralasia
23.11.2025 11:05 β π 79 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good morning, the Fairy Tale or Skazka #Canyon, as its name promises, is a dreamlike, colorful & bizarre rock #landscape, not far from the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in #Kyrgyzstan. Right? Have a nice Saturday! π
#CentralAsia #Nature #Art #Lighting #BlueSky #Scape #Photography #EastCoastKin
22.11.2025 10:34 β π 57 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you, RCP π
21.11.2025 19:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Looks so funny and out of this world π
21.11.2025 19:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
ποΈ Today we cannot resist to post a Caspian gull at the sandy beach of Lake Burabay in #Kazakhstan. Thanks to the #BirdOfTheDay theme #GroundedGulls. π¦
Have a good friday & a good start into the weekend! πΉ
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21.11.2025 14:08 β π 61 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
The Chor Minor Madrasah in #Bukhara, #Uzbekistan is a unique piece of #architecture of the Manghit dynasty. A often unknown fact is that this building is βonlyβ the remaining gatehouse of a larger Madrasah - and that the 4 towers are not minarets but serve as decoration.
#EastCoastKin #Photography
21.11.2025 10:19 β π 38 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Welcome, Sabine! π
20.11.2025 11:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good morning, do you agree? Isn't the front yard and the wooden house of the Old Believers just beautiful?! πThe house is standing in the Ethno-Park in Oskemen in eastern #Kazakhstan. Have a wonderful Thursday! π€
#Photography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #CentralAsia #PalacesAndGardens #YellowThu
20.11.2025 10:22 β π 56 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
Thank you very much! π Have a great day, too! π
19.11.2025 11:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π Good morning, the Northern wheatear π¦ is prepared for the fresh summers of eastern #Kazakhstan. With its plumage and round shape, it almost looks like a small snowball. βοΈ Have a wonderful Wednesday, guys! π€
#BirdOfTheDay #Round #Nature #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife #CentralAsia
19.11.2025 11:07 β π 65 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
We are a little bit surprised that nobody mentioned that ancient PokΓ© ball in the photo to catch some wild PokΓ©mon π π
19.11.2025 10:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy Tuesday, everyone! π These rocks rocks isn't it? πͺ¨
These odd egg-shaped rocks in Torysh - the Valley of Balls - in #Kazakhstan were formed by concretion over millions of years. ποΈ
#ThePhotoHour #RockinTuesday #ClassicMono #Landscape #Mountains #CentralAsia #Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin
18.11.2025 11:16 β π 62 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
Thanks! π
18.11.2025 06:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks, Val! π
17.11.2025 16:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you! You, too! π
17.11.2025 14:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Speed recovery to your mum! π΅
17.11.2025 11:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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