This image depicts a nighttime urban scene along the Moika River embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia

This image depicts a nighttime urban scene along the Moika River embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The perspective is from the water level or slightly above, looking across the canal towards a row of illuminated multi-story buildings. On the far side of the canal, a stone embankment runs horizontally, topped by a pedestrian walkway. Several bare deciduous trees are visible along this walkway. A dark balustrade or railing separates the walkway from the canal water. Several indistinct human figures are observed walking on the embankment; one prominent silhouette is moving from left to right near the leftmost building. The buildings on the embankment are varied in architectural style. The leftmost building is a multi-story structure with an ochre-colored facade and numerous windows, featuring a distinctive stepped roofline adorned with bright, warm-toned string lights arranged in a zig-zag pattern. A single streetlight casts a bright glow near this building. To its right, a series of multi-story residential or commercial buildings feature numerous windows, many of which are internally illuminated, indicating activity. The dark, still surface of the canal water provides a clear and inverted reflection of the buildings, their illuminated windows, streetlights, and the decorative string lights, creating symmetrical patterns below the actual structures. The sky above the buildings is dark.