Khiva at Night

Khiva, Uzbekistan
28 September 2018.

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Architecture, History, Juma Mosque, Khiva, Landscape, Photography, Street photography, Travel, Uzbekistan

For our dinner, we went to a roof-top restaurant with a good view.  Here are people waiting for the sunset on top of the Kuhkna Ark.
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In the other direction, the sun is setting directly behind this minaret.
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Back on the Kuhkna Ark, people are still observing the slowly mounting sunset.
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… and then, putting on a show for us…..
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Architecture, .
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Architecture, History, Juma Mosque, Khiva, Landscape, Photography, Street photography, Travel, Uzbekistan

We also had good views of the Kalta Minor and the Amin Khan Madrassah.
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A detail from the Amin Khan Madrassah.
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The Tura Murad Minaret in the background.
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Back to the small minaret behind the Kuhkna Ark, and the light has changed.
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Walking back after dark to our accommodation, behind the Kalta Minor.
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Similar view in landscape format.
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Looking up at Kalta Minor.

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