This is a daytime, high-angle photograph of a residential area in Riga, Latvia

This is a daytime, high-angle photograph of a residential area in Riga, Latvia. The scene is dominated by a row of multi-story apartment buildings, characteristic of Soviet-era architecture, stretching across the mid-ground. The buildings are primarily light-colored with numerous windows and balconies. In the foreground, there is a lower, older brick building with visible ventilation shafts on its roof. Mature green trees partially obscure the lower levels of the buildings and line the foreground. A few cars are parked in a lot between the buildings. In the far distance, a tall, slender red and white radio tower is visible against a clear blue sky with wispy white clouds. The overall impression is one of a typical urban residential neighborhood on a clear day.