A monument honoring the Russian Space Program ascends skyward into the clouds.  [Moscow, Russia]

Apartments in a small Russian neighborhood come together forming an arrow.  [Saint Petersburg, Russia]

A series of apartment buildings create a frame to the sky. [Saint Petersburg, Russia]

The clouds drift above the building tops.  [Saint Petersburg, Russia]

[Saint Petersburg, Russia]

Clouds flow like water above the arch shaped Kazan Cathedral [Saint Petersburg, Russia]

Pillars support a stone bridge behind Saint Catherine's Palace. [Saint Petersburg, Russia]

The Mayakovskaya Metro Station, regarded as one of the most beautiful stations in world, exemplifies pre-WWII Stalinist Architecture. [Moscow, Russia]

The inset lighting of the Moscow Metro creates a futuristic feeling guiding the eye to the vanishing point.  [Moscow, Russia]

[Moscow, Russia]

[Saint Petersburg, Russia]

A long exposure captures the traffic's movement on Davortsovvy Bridge.  [Saint Petersburg, Russia]

A fog stretches over a lonely pier. [Manhattan Beach, California]

The Tokyo Skytree stands above an alley in Sumida, Tokyo.

The De Beers building dynamically twists in the Ginza District of Tokyo. [Tokyo, Japan]

[Tokyo, Japan]

[Tokyo, Japan]

Tower loom down on the city below. [Tokyo, Japan]

A spiral staircase corkscrews to the sky. [Tokyo, Japan]