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In the early 1960s on the Neringa, or Curonian Spit, in Lithuania then part of the Soviet Union an ornithologist, D. S. Lyuleeva, carried out experiments on swallows.

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He believes it had been hidden under the sand where he found it - on the Curonian Spit, a 100-kilometer 60-mile stretch of sand in Lithuania and Russia.

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The two countries now work together to protect this unique environment; in 2000, Lithuania and Russia jointly sponsored the Curonian Spit's nomination to UNESCO's World Heritage List.

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It is part of the Curonian Spit, a wisp-thin crescent-shaped strip of land, strung onto the water like a dainty necklace with the Baltic Sea on one side and the Curonian Lagoon on the other.

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We took the ferry over to the Curonian spit for views of pine forests, and our first real view of the Baltic sea, with beautiful long stretches of white sand beach.

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Located on the thin Curonian Spit that splits the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea, lies one of the strangest natural phenomena on Earth.

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Which is not strictly true, as the view from Klaipeda is of the Curonian lagoon, as we are right next to the Curonian Spit, the extremely long narrow piece of land that joins Lithuania to Kaliningrad

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On the Curonian spit is a maritime museum, with impressive exhibits on the ship building and shipwreck history of

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The quiet forests of the Curonian spit are beautiful.

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