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Rugen Island, Germany

Photo: Rugen Island forest with spring flowers
Spring flowers signal the change of seasons on Germany's Rugen Island. Temperate climates, like that of the Baltic Sea, experience four very distinct seasons each year.
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg

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