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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
The Noon

The story: The princess' beauty drove both men and women crazy, but she never found happiness. An hour before her death, she made an entry in her diary: "On a hot afternoon, be afraid to fall asleep in the cool shade. There is another one in the middle of that silence, it is thick as pitch, and hides in the first one." She died instantly from a snake bite.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2022
Photo Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Camera: NIKON Z 7
Copyright: © Andrey Troitsky