Nature in the Olympic Torch Relay

The 2014 Olympic torch relay is the largest in history, lasting for 123 days and involving about 14,000 torchbearers over a route stretching 60,000km. This image gallery features the incredible beauty of Mount Elbrus, the North Pole and the peaceful silence of the Kizhi Island. Photo: A torchbearer during the Olympic torch relay at the Stolby state nature reserve in Krasnoyarsk

Olympic torch relay at the Kizhi Natural Museum Reserve.

A torchbearer during the Olympic torch relay on the Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad Region.

Torchbearers on Mt. Elbrus, the highest peak in Russia.

The Olympic torch relay at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydropower Plant.

The Olympic torch relay on the Golden Bridge spanning the Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok.

Kurgan mountain in the Kemerovo region.

The Olympic Torch Relay in the Avacha Bay, Kamchatka Territory.

The Olympic Torch Relay at the North Pole.

Torchbearers descend from the summit of the Avachinsky volcano during the Olympic torch relay in Kamchatka.

The Olympic torch relay at the foot of the Avachinsky volcano in Kamchatka.

The Olympic torch relay at the Leo Tolstoy museum-reserve "Yasnaya Polyana."

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky walk in space with the Olympic torch.

The joint team of the Guard of Honor of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Equestrian Riding School carry the torch in the Arkhangelskoye Museum Estate.