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Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Evening clouds over an abandoned farmhouse in the steppe, in the buffer zone of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve. 2008

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Sunrise in the steppe

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

The Kolmyk steppe in early summer

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

A road for rangers to patrol the nature reserve leads out into the open steppe

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve Saiga antelope

A female saiga in the steppe of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia

Saiga antelope Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Saigas (female and male) in the steppe Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Rangers ambush poachers for saiga antelope in the open steppe. May 2003

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve Saiga antelope

Saiga newborn is weighed and measured by staff of the Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve Saiga antelope

Saiga newborn calves lie in the steppe grasses

Saiga antelope Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Saiga newborn calves lie in the steppe grasses

Saiga antelope Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Saiga mother and twins. A saiga mother gets needed nutrients on a salty mound in the steppe

Plants-Flowers Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Feathergrass sways in the wind in the steppes

Plants-Flowers Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Feathergrass glows in the sunset in the steppes

Saiga antelope Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Saigas at dawn

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve Saiga antelope

Saigas at the waterhole

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Wolves at the watering hole

Saiga antelope Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Females saiga in the steppe in Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve

Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve Saiga antelope

A male saiga in the steppe

Saiga antelope Cherniye Zemliye (Black Earths) Nature Reserve

Saiga antelope graze near the ruins of a farmhouse in Cherniye Zemly Nature Reserve 2003