Lake Baikal is an incredible place of power. A miracle that millions of people from all over the world gather to see. Each time, sitting on the shore of Lake Baikal, I think about how lucky I am – day and night, at any time of the year, I can enjoy its greatness and power.

Admire the bright overflow of waves in the moonlight and fall asleep in a tent to their noise. Again wake up and see before your eyes the dazzling brilliance of water playing under the sun’s rays.

Hear the cries of gulls and peer into the silhouettes of stones on the coastline to see the seal. Bathe in freezing cold water at the beginning of summer and bask on hot stones, and incredibly warm at the end, in the gentle sand. And in the winter crawl on ice, looking at the famous #BubblesofBaikal.

Baikal is unique and inimitable. Yet it always energizes. It will always help answer your questions and give you strength and confidence.

Here are 20 photos that prove that. 🙂

Nicer than any of those fancy ice cubes they put in drinks in bars! How did it get there, tho?! Photo by Daniel Born on Unsplash

Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash

Frozen Lake Baikal on sunset at 3. Olkhon Island, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash.

Olkhon Island, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash

Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Region, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash.

Blue broken ice in Lake Baikal. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash.

Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Region, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash

Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Khuzhir, Russia. Photo by Ekaterina Sazonova on Unsplash

Black Ice. Lake Baikal in winter, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash

Snowstorm near Ogoy Island, Irkutsk Region, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash.

Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Khuzhir, Russia. Photo by Ekaterina Sazonova on Unsplash.

Lake Baikal, Russia. Photo by Sergey Pesterev on Unsplash.

Van on frozen Lake Baikal. Photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash.

Lake Baikal. Photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash.

Lake Baikal. Photo by Artemis Faul on Unsplash.

Artifacts near Lake Baikal. Photo by Simon Matzinger from Pixabay.

Lake Baikal, Russia during evening. Photo by Dmitry Tomashek on Unsplash.

Frozen water splashing up into the air in Lake Baikal. Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash.

Sunset in Lake Baikal. Photo by Sergey Mind on Unsplash.

Hanging Ice, Lake Baikal, Russia. Image by Наталья Коллегова from Pixabay

Ice Bubbles in Lake Baikal, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Photo by Ekaterina Sazonova on Unsplash.

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