silhouettes of dead spruces at the foot of the brocken mountain near schierke in germany

harz national park forest tree tree top treetop brocken natural nature pine spruce landscape coniferous spruce mountain highland environment forestry nature conservation area low mountain range protected saxony-anhalt silhouette damage morning dark dawn darkness dead dead wood mortality dying sky bark beetle fear fearful depressive depressed depression depressing morning mood autumn oppressively daybreak fog foggy mist misty schierke