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A small green sprout with lance-shaped leaves pushes through the rough, peeling bark of a tree on Petrova Island in spring.
Lazovsky Reserve, Primorsky Krai · May 2008

Young Leaf Through Old Bark

A small sprout with smooth, waxy leaves grows from a crack in rough, peeling tree bark on Petrova Island. The contrast between the delicate new tissue and the fibrous wood is sharpened by soft, diffuse spring light.

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Nikon D70s105mmf/452.5s10 May 2008

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