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The cactus garden at Balboa Park is full of exotic looking cacti and other succulents that were new to me and looked exotic to my East Coast eyes.
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Some more of the amazing sea creatures and flora at the Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Amazing flora and fauna growing in tidal pools in the polygonal rock tops at the Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Here are some examples that look almost like abstract paintings to me.
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Another beautiful image that is over saturated, over contrasty and over-sharpened. Don’t know what I was thinking but I still have a soft spot in my heart for this one. No doubt the source of the artist’s advice to “murder your darlings.”
