Summer and winter

In summer this small lake is grown by the Komarov lotus. In August, the water is covered by large, round leaves that are not wetted by water. Lush pink flowers with yellow centers protrude from the water on the petioles. Heat, the humid air is motionless ...

In January, the lake sleeps under thick ice. From the snow-covered ice stick the leaves stalks and cone-shaped seed boxes of lotus. Along the lake shore one can see muskrat huts which look like piles of dead reeds and dirt.