20 Photos That Prove Lake Baikal Is the Most Photogenic Place on Earth
![Winter fishing on Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/20x11/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_507130447-by-ivandan.webp)
Russia’s vast and expansive wilderness is a place of rugged beauty, and Lake Baikal is no exception. The splendour and magnitude of the world’s deepest fresh water lake lures travellers off the Trans-Siberian railway and captivates both amateur and professional photographers every season of the year. From late-night sunsets and spring-time colours to frozen shorelines and ice mosaics, Lake Baikal is the most photogenic place on earth – all year round. Here are 20 photos that prove it.
![Panorama of Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/panorama_of_lake_baikal.webp)
![Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_47253931-yui-1.webp)
![Frozen Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/32419140034_7514ccbe13_k-1.webp)
![View from the water to the west coast on a quiet summer’s evening](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_655970920-by-katvic.webp)
![Ice at Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/12871240013_b036ba5df2_o-e1504018019930.webp)
![Burkhan rock at Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_49375471-by-shevelev-alexey.webp)
![Ice with air bubbles, Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_218231389-by-serg-zastavkin.webp)
![Lake Baikal landscape with an old railway bridge](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_516803917-by-nikitin-victor.webp)
![Transparent ice on Lake Baikal near Ogoy island](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_529847533-by-anton-petrus.webp)
![Ice on lake at sunset](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_481309921-by-andrey-suknev.webp)
![Lake Baikal in Autumn](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_89738785-by-lexan.webp)
![Ice grottoes at sunrise, Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_402042364-tilpunov-mikhail.webp)
![Listvyanka, Lake Baikal, Russia](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/35789214590_b12cac8c48_k.webp)
![The first drops of icicles on a frozen Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_350955914-by-katvic.webp)
![Lake Baikal and Dog](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2091089879_ea7865a978_b.webp)
![Shamanism, Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shamanism-2100949_1920.webp)
![Frozen boat, Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ice-2097480_1920.webp)
![Views of tourist centre and Curkut Bay](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shutterstock_606650351-by-windofchange64.webp)
![Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/baikal-2631918.webp)
![Icicles, Lake Baikal](https://cdn-v2.theculturetrip.com/10x/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/baikal-2622380_1920.webp)