pure of heart one turn of the prayer wheel is as good as saying a million mantras constantine then balfe is not a religious man but every time he sets out on a journey he comes to the sacred place to forget about worldly things for a while. today constantine is heading for the so-called shore near zimmy all black lands one of the most environmentally troubled regions of kalmykia it is found two hundred kilometers southwest of comic his capital s. star his mission is to monitor the work battle in the deserts of the cation in this area. is an arid region located in the southeastern part of european russia. this is my home land. when we were children playing in the steps of the grass was so totally real that you could barely see is the more they say the climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change are right in front of our eyes. it was plowed in the nineteen sixties. they planted corn. but it didn't work out and it grew in the steps of corn is very hydrophilic it drew out all the water and left small sand junes in its wake. throughout history the cow mix of lived as a noma