- Transit of Venus, seen at sunrise from Istanbul
(Standing in Europe; watching the sun rise over Asia.) - Transit of Venus
- Statue of Ataturk, underneath the Turkish flag
- Inside the Hagia Sophia
Completed in 537 AD, this was the largest Christian cathedral in the world for almost 1000 years. After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it became a mosque. It is now a museum. - Inside the Hagia Sophia
- Dome of the Hagia Sophia
- Byzantine graffiti in a railing at the Hagia Sophia