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Baikal in Winter: Pure Beauty of a Frozen Lake

16:43 GMT, 11 January 2018
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In winter, Baikal is covered with 150 centimeters of solid, crystal clear ice, which is perfect for outdoor skating. Besides breathtaking natural sceneries, tourists can also enjoy a beautiful man-made creation erected in 2005 at the highest point of the uninhabited Ogoy Island, in the middle of the lake — the snow-white Buddhist Stupa of Enlightenment, which is very popular among pilgrims.

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A man skating on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 6, 2018.
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Pilgrims' ribbons on a tree near the Buddhist Stupa of Enlightenment on Ogoy Island, in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 6, 2018.
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Ice on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 5, 2018.
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A young woman skating on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 6, 2018.
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The Buddhist Stupa of Enlightenment on Ogoy Island, Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 6, 2018.
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People skating on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 5, 2018.
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Ice on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 6, 2018.
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An air-cushion vehicle with tourists onboard on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 6, 2018.
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Ice on Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 5, 2018.
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People skating on Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Region, Russia, on January 5, 2018.
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