Wintry Wait

Photograph by Johnny Haglund

In February 2012, a few people wait for the bus as the temperature drops below minus 30 F (about minus 35 C) in the northeast Russian city of Susuman. In this area the winter can bring temperatures down to minus 58 F (minus 50 C).

(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest .)

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