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In Azerbaijan, You May Find Yourself Behind The Wheel Of A Lada Automobile

In Lada Landscapes, photographer Thomas Marsden takes the viewer on a road trip between the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea — all with the iconic Soviet-era cars.
Mud volcanoes, April 2019.

Nestled between Russia and Iran — at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia — the small country of Azerbaijan is as culturally diverse as it is geographically varied. Azerbaijani landscapes range from snowy, forested peaks in the Greater Caucasus Mountains in the north, to windswept beaches along the Caspian Sea, to arid desert just outside of the capital

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