Evening clouds over an abandoned farmhouse in the steppe, in the buffer zone of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve. 2008
Sunrise in the steppe
The Kolmyk steppe in early summer
A road for rangers to patrol the nature reserve leads out into the open steppe
A female saiga in the steppe of Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia
Saigas (female and male) in the steppe Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia
Rangers ambush poachers for saiga antelope in the open steppe. May 2003
Saiga newborn is weighed and measured by staff of the Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve, Kalmykia
Saiga newborn calves lie in the steppe grasses
Saiga newborn calves lie in the steppe grasses
Saiga mother and twins. A saiga mother gets needed nutrients on a salty mound in the steppe
Feathergrass sways in the wind in the steppes
Feathergrass glows in the sunset in the steppes
Saigas at dawn
Saigas at the waterhole
Wolves at the watering hole
Females saiga in the steppe in Cherniye Zemly (Black Earth) Nature Reserve
A male saiga in the steppe
Saiga antelope graze near the ruins of a farmhouse in Cherniye Zemly Nature Reserve 2003