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Hatching Dragon Eggs

Hatching Dragon Eggs

Deep inside at the end of the fjord during the arctic winter it's cold enough for the salt water to freeze over. When the water level drops at low tide, st...
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Deep inside at the end of the fjord during the arctic winter it's cold enough for the salt water to freeze over. When the water level drops at low tide, stones pierce through the sinking ice crust and break it. Well no... just kidding... what you really see are young Dragons hatching and breaking out of their eggs ;-)
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