Qolärif Mosque

A bank of petunias runs the whole length of the foreground, pink and magenta shading into white, thousands of them, with the grass sloping up behind to a long white wall and its watchtowers. The mosque rises above it all in pale stone, its four slender minarets and blue domes bright against the sky.

The sun is low and off to the left, catching the clouds, and a tall red-brick tower stands guard at the far end.