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Shield bark

Shield bark

Old pines form strong bark, almost like a shield. We call that 'kilpikaarna' which means shield bark. Not sure if it's same in other languages. T...
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Old pines form strong bark, almost like a shield. We call that 'kilpikaarna' which means shield bark. Not sure if it's same in other languages. This shield bark protects old pines from forest fires and they usually are the only ones left after a fire. Bark also looks like there are small shields side by side.
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Canon EOS 80D

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settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 160 Shutter 1/30 Focal Length 25/1

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location

Helsinki, Southern Finland, FI

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upload_date

Oct, 2018

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