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Light here moves slowly in summer, lingering past ten in the evening in long golden washes that soften the contrast between the silver river and the tree-lined embankments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watercolor palette of Irkutsk draws heavily from the deep turquoise of Baikal ice, a color so particular it has no real equivalent anywhere else on earth. Ochre, burnt sienna, and weathered cedar tones dominate the historic streetscapes, while the surrounding taiga pushes in with muted sage and forest green. 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