James Hill: St. Petersburg - White Nights
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  • People sat or walked through Dvorstovaya Ploschad by the Winter Palace as the sun set over the horizon in the late evening. White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 7, 2010
  • A boat passed along the Fontanka river in the late evening, one of the traditional rites of the White Nights in St. Petersbug. Russia, July 7, 2010
  • A boat passed along the Griboedov canal by the Bankovsky Most in the late evening; taking boats on the city's canals and rivers is one of the traditional rites of the White Nights in St. Petersbug. Russia, July 7, 2010
  • As the sun waned a woman walked inside the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress, White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010
  • A couple dressed up in costume, making money by posing with tourists, walked passed the Kazan Cathedral in central St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010
  • Two women stood by the water's edge outside the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress, as the light slowly dimmed in the late evening, White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010
  • A couple, the woman holding a rose, walked along the water's edge by the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress as other sat watching the light slowly dim in the late evening. White Nights, St. Petersbug, Russia, July 7, 2010
  • Vasilyevsky Island, on the edge of the Neva river, with the Peter and Paul Fortress in the background a newly wed couple with their friends. White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010.
  • Vasilyevsky Island, on the edge of the Neva river, with the Peter and Paul Fortress in the background a newly wed couple embraced to the delight of their friends. White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010.
  • Broken glasses lined the granite stone of Strelka on the banks of the river Neva, a tradional place for newly weds to celebrate their marriage. St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010.
  • A busker played under the columns of the Kazan Cathedral in central St. Petersburg. Russia, July 7, 2010
  • Two women sat by the water's edge on the small beach outside the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress in as the light slowly dimmed in the late evening, White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010
  • After midnight a couple took a stroll in the fading light of the evening in the Mars Field, White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • Two men bathed in the water's edge by the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress as the light slowly dimmed in the late evening. White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7, 2010
  • Crowds lined the banks of the river Neva by the Winter Palace watching the raising of the bridges at 1.30 a.m., one of the traditional pastimes of White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • After midnight as a boat went down the Fontanka river towards the Neva a crewman on a boat leaned over the edge as the sky still remained bright during the city's White Nights, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • As some lightness remained in the sky a boat of sightseerers went over the Neva river by the Peter and Paul Fortress after 1 a.m. enjoying the White Nights of St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • On a bridge over the Griboedev canal, by the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, people waved to passengers of a boat passing underneath. White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • People waited on the banks of the river Neva, during White Nights, for the raising of the bridges at 1.30 a.m., St. Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2010..
  • As 1.30 a.m. approached, the time when the bridges over the Neva river rise to let large boats through, a street artist performed as crowds gathered near the Dvortsovy Most (Palace Bridge) to watch the bridges open, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2010
  • At 1.30 a.m. boats passed under the Dvortsovy Most (Palace Bridge) on the river Neva as its central section is raised, which is done every night to allow passage to large ships on the river. The raising of the bridges is a traditional meeting moment of the White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • At 1.30 a.m. boats passed under the Dvortsovy Most (Palace Bridge) on the river Neva as its central section is raised, which is done every night to allow passage to large ships on the river. The raising of the bridges is a traditional meeting moment of the White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • On a dock on the river Moika people enjoyed drinks after midnight, White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • A couple shared an intimate moment in the hours after midnight, during White Nights, on the banks of the river Neva, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010
  • After 2 a.m. as the streets emptied, a horse and rider crossed Nevsky Prospekt, during White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2010

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