Pines
The shore of the Gulf of Finland is not just beaches and rocks.
Usually a pine forest starts right after the beach.
Sometimes there are streams and small damp lowlands.
But it happens rarely.
Mostly young pine trees dominate on the Karelian Isthmus.
Sometimes I wonder why the trees are so young.
And what was here before them.
Of course, there are trees that are about 100 years old, but they are few.
We climb up to a high bank overgrown with pine trees.
In this place the soil is sandy and the sand is gradually crumbling.
The roots of the pine trees are exposed.
In the struggle for life, trees strengthen their roots.
Some roots even look like trunks.
It's unusual to see treetops at your eye level.
Yes, we don't have mountains, it would be familiar there.
However, not all trees win in this struggle for existence.
In addition to the sand gradually crumbling, there are strong winds....
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