Lake Baikal, Siberia

Photograph by Carolyn Drake , National Geographic

The peaks of Burkhan Rock rise like twin spires from Siberia s Lake Baikal, the world s largest body of fresh water. People across Asia believe that spirits associated with Baikal live in this rocky outcropping on Olkhon Island, destination of a steady stream of pilgrims.

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