Stray light illuminates a 12th century frescoes on the walls of Pantokratoras Monastery on Mt. Athos. Athos is a mountain and peninsula in northern Greece and an important center of eastern orthodox monasticism.
Image courtesy of Eleftherios Kostans.
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