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I think the first pic of the trees from behind the tail shows a bit of unententional perspective trickery. The second one from a closer vantage point shows only a few rather thin trees - barely beyond saplings. Depending on what kind of trees they are, they could easily be less than ten years old. A local demolition and salvage outfit bought a piece of land near my home just a few years ago with the intention of starting a construction material landfill (scrap concrete and such). They started clearing the land before getting the land rezoned, and ended up losing their bid to get the rezoning. It's been less than ten years now, and nature has reclaimed the land to the extent that you can't tell it was cleared unless you know about the tall pines that used to be there. Other trees have grown in their place and are nearly as tall as the pines were. So what all of this long-winded post is trying to say is "Don't underestimate Mother Nature!"
The Red Army won WWII. . . ? I guess it did if you only look to the East. . .
