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