on the way to Kiten - a photo on Flickriver

            Here we saw the most amazing oaks we have ever seen - small but with very big leaves, later we learned at the local museum that they haven't changed for millions of years... For all those who think Bulgaria and the coast of the Black Sea are boring and just full of tourists, I recommend visiting those places as they are quite fascinating and still wild, some archeological works started in the area just around 2005...

The Strandzha Mountains have a rich and diverse flora and fauna, unique within Europe. 50% of Bulgaria's flora can be observed in Strandzha Nature Park and the area has 121 habitat types. In Strandzha over 600 different species of invertebrates are found, as well as over 400 species of vertebrates, 41 species of freshwater fish, 10 species of amphibians, over 20 different species of reptile, more than 130 species of breeding birds, and over 60 different species of mammals.

One of the reasons for the abundance of flora and fauna in Strandzha is the area's geographical location at a bio-geographical crossroad between the European and Asian continents.

The plant communities in Strandzha developed before Europe was separated from Asia by the formation of the Bosporus Strait that now connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. Land-ice never reached Strandzha during the ice-ages of the Pleistocene and the Holocene and this lack of glaciations has helped create the circumstances in which flora characteristic for the Tertiary period on the European continent has been preserved in Strandzha.

Taken in: Bulgaria / Burgas / Primorsko (show map)

Taken on: August 1, 2015

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Camera: Sony DSC-HX400V, f/2.8, 1/1600 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-HX400V
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	4.3mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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