This reminded me of early 20th century photographs of Russia at the Smithsonian: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ They

This reminded me of early 20th century photographs of Russia at the Smithsonian: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ They were constructed due to the photographer foresight of using different lens filters.