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Australia, November of 1997: |
 "Being in Australia for the first time, one is under great impression from
local flora and fauna. It is amazing, how local plants adapted to the fires,
which occur very often. The seeds of some plants are covered with such a
thick shell, that it is impossible to crush it even with an enormous hammer.
Falling down to the ground , such a nut is not able to sprout, unless a fire
occurs. High temperature will crack the shell, and in 2-3 months there
appear new sprouts on the burnt ground."
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Australia, October of 1998: |
 "In this expedition we traveled by car from the North of Australia to the
South. During the day we devoted all the time to shooting with a camera, and
in the evening we moved to a new place.That is why we met kangaroo all the
time, which left the shelters. Some of them approached us very closely, but
nevertheless kept a safe distance." |
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Indonesia, Bogor, June of 1997: |
 "The rain-season in Indonesia is a serious ordeal for the man and machines.
If one is farther than 20 m away from the shelter, one will get wet to the
skin before reaching it. It begins raining in a trice, as if somebody has
turned on a giant shower. Humidity is so high, that after a day of shooting
one has to clean the lenses of cameras very thoroughly..." |
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Yalta, Crimea, May of 1997: |
 From the diary of the participant of the Crimea expedition. The 7th of May, 1997, Yalta
"One fine day (it was the rest day in the photography session) our yacht dropped the anchor in the bay of a tiny island, or rather speaking lonesome rock near Gurzuf. Formerly, about 70 years ago, there was an expensive restaurant here, but it has been destroyed by the earthquake..."
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Seychelles, July - August of 1997: |
"One of the goals of this expedition was taking photos of the rare plant
Nepetnthes pervillei, which grows only on these islands. We had been
searching it for a long time in vain. It was getting dark aleady, and our
hopes to find this flower was dying out with the Sun.On the sideroad we saw
a boy about 14 and tried to make inquieres to him. He could not understand,
what we wanted and could not even define the language we spoke..." |
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