This is the name of an exhibition project made by Denis Khabibullin, a photographer from Satka, represented within the “Satka: City Code” cycle of street exhibitions displayed in Proletarskaya Street. 

The exhibition immediately attracts attention due to vast panoramic photos (8х2 meters each - such a format is used in a street exposition for the first time!) and, of course, the natural beauty of our region depicted on them.

- Denis likes to take long bicycle walks to see the native landscapes. Each time he takes his photo camera with him to catch unique moments of beauty around us. As each moment the sights look different depending on the day and year time and weather,” says Diana Gurova, the project supervisor. – These photos show us Zyuratkul lake — the most highland one in our region — from a bird’s eye view. It is popular not only due to its picturesque shores, but also due to the unique properties of its water that make the lake the main source for water supply in Satka. There are also some of the most grandiose ridges in the South Ural — Nurgush, Uvan, Zyuratkul covered with impassible forest — on the photos. Golaya hill — a giant mountain top almost without any plants on it — stands out against their background. 

One of the worth mentioning places around Satka is the Aisky cliffs. One of the most miraculous places here is the Dry waterfalls or the Alekseyevsky narrow, where Denis managed to take a photo of a unique phenomenon – awakening of a “dry” waterfall. It revives only for some days: in spring, when intense snow melting starts, and after heavy rains, when water streams get to the river bed of an ancient dried-up river. Witnessing it is a great luck. 

– A sun-drenched birch grove near Mezhevoy settlement, sanctuaries of the Zyuratkul National Park, azure “caught” in a ring of a flooded quarry and a golden mirror of the Satka city pond in the evening — all of them attract our attention. When we look at them, we want to take a walk, forget about the daily life and contemplate the spiritual issues that fill our souls and make us happier,” says Diana. – Photos made by Denis remind us that the main richness of our region is our unique nature, the gift of life itself. We should not forget that it is very fragile, that human activities can inflict irreparable damage, that we should love our home area and take care of it!

Source: Magnezitovets. Photo by: Vasily Maksimov.