Kara Collection

Arctic Fox searches for food, sniffing lemmings and other food under deep snow on Kara sea shore (Alopex lagopus). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic, winter

Ottoman Wars / Vienna
John III Sobieski, king of Poland, attacks the Turkish army under Kara Mustapha Pashs besieging Vienna, and though outnumbered 2 to 1 routs it and saves the city

Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
Holy Roman Empire. Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683. It took place at Kahlenberg Mountain, near Vienna, ather the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire during two months

SAMOYED / KARA SEA / 1928
CHAMPION KARA SEA Challenge certificate winner owned by Mr D. Edwards. Date: 1928

RUSSIA - Arctic tundra, melting snows, tundra of Taimyr peninsula near Kara Sea

Sultan Osman I - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Osman I or Othman I or Osman Gazi (12581326) Ottoman Turkish Sultan Osman Ghazi, Turkish, nicknamed " Kara" (black) - leader of the Ottoman Turks

Common Wonder / Frog-eyed Gecko (Teratoscincus scincus). Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - burrowing in the sand to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Karakum / Qaraqum / Kara Kum / Garagum Canal - water comes from water pump in sluices. goes along Kopet-Dag Mountain Range - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Common Wonder Gecko / Frog-eyed Gecko - looks for prey under a bush in sand dunes - licks his eye to prevent it from drying - feeds mostly on insects (Teratoscincus scincus)

Black Ahmed - Champion Wrestler
Black Ahmed (Cara Achmed) - a champion wrestler from Constantinople, wearing a champions sash and bearing the medals of his victories with pride

Scarlet camellia, Kara tsubaki, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Crimson-flecked white camellia, Kara nishiki, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

Agama / Agamid Lizard - camouflaged by sand pattern on its back (Agamidae sp.). sand dunes of Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Toad - in sand dunes of Central Karakum desert at night (Bufo sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Toad - at night - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Bufo sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - runs for a cover after feeding at dawn (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Central Karacum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - crosses tracks of other similar beetles (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March

Weevil beetle - on dry branch of a Saxaul bush - Central Karakum desert (Curculionidae sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Ground Beetle - sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Scarites sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Cockchafer Beetle (close relative of May bug) - adult female - at night (Chioneosoma komarovi ). Central Karakum desert - hides in Saxaul bush during mating period - waiting for a male to come flying

Toadheaded Agamid Lizard - uses its camouflage colouring to hide - presses itself into the sand (Phrynocephalus mistaceus). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - in the evening (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Turkmenistan - Central Karakum Desert - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - emerges from day shelter in sand where he buries itself to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March

Agama / Agamid Lizard - sand dunes of Karakum desert (Agamidae sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - runs in sand dunes of Karakum desert in the evening (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Turkmenistan - Central Karakum Desert - Spring - April

Owlet moth caterpillar - in a bush at night feeding on bush foliage (Noctuidae sp.). Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Weevil - on Tamarisk (Tamaricaceae sp. ) beetle
Weevil - on Tamarisk (Tamaricaceae sp.) beetle feeds on tamarisk plant (Curculionidae sp.). near Karakum canal - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - along with various prints left on sand after night activity of beetles, lizards and jerboa (Sympiezocnemis gigantea)

Sand dunes in a wind - Karakum desert encroach on a road. near Kumdag - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - feeds on plants near Karakum water-canal (Blaps sp.). Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Dromedary / Arabian / One-humped Camel - after bathing in muddy puddle (Camelus dromedarius). in desert landscape near Nibetdag - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Dromedary Camel / Arabian Camel / One-humped Camel - Turkmen old man in fur-hut - with a boy following him - pulls a one-humped Dromedary Camel - with a young camel following along a road near Kumdag

A researcher outside of a hut of hunters and fishermen on a Kara sea shore, in a blizzard. Such blizzards in Russian Arctic may go on for a week, and visibility is restricted to a few metres

Arctic Fox searches for food, trotting along on Kara sea shore and sniffing lemmings and other food under deep snow (Alopex lagopus)

Arctic tundra of Taimyr peninsula near Kara sea, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic. Summer, July. typical habitat of lemmings

Traditional Turkmen graves - a cemetery of simple Turkmen people. in Karakum desert - near Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Sand dunes of Karakum desert - sunset. Kopetdag mountains on background - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Ashgabad - Krasnovodsk railway - goes across the Karakum desert. along Kopetdag mountains (on the right) - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April - a cloudy day

Dry salt marsh - surrounded by sand dunes - a typical scene in Central Karakum desert. Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Darkling Beetle - runs around a sand dune in search of grass sprouts - feeds in dusk and dawn (Sternodes caspicus Pallas). Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Alarmed small Agamid lizard - during feeding at dusk - typical in sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Agama sp.). summer - Turkmenistan - former CIS

Village Arba - in sand dunes of Central Karakum desert. March - Turkmenistan - former CIS

Small-spotted Lizard - in sand dunes of Central Karakum desert (Mesalina guttulata ). Turkmenistan - former CIS - March

Agama Lizard - on a dry bush watching for prey (Agama sanguinolenta ). Central Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - former CIS - March

River Obrivistaya - very close to Kara sea shore.. landscape near Dikson, Russian Arctic: 30 m. deep canyon, everlasting snow (melts only in very warm summers). A lone sea-gull flies over a canyon

Ust-Kara on the Shilka River, Russia
The Shilka - a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It originates as a confluence of Onon and Ingoda rivers. This settlement is called Ust-Kara. Date: circa 1910s

Karaferia, Greece - picturesque village - 2 hours from Thessaloniki. Date: circa 1904

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