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Baiterek Monument, Kazakhstan This Month in Photo of the Day: City Pictures The Baiterek, towering over the central promenade in Astana, Kazakhstan, flares green against a dappled evening sky. Intended as a symbol of the new capital, the 318-foot monument evokes a giant tree with a golden egg in its branches. In the Kazakh myth of Samruk, a sacred bird lays a golden egg in the branches of a poplar each year. See more pictures from the February 2012 feature story "Tomorrowland." See pictures of the "Seven Stans" » bit.ly/16yeHx2
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04:18:06 +0000

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