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Thursday
Mar192009

Spring Poppies in the Merced River Canyon

Yesterday I drove up Highway 140 to Yosemite and witnessed one of the most spectacular poppy blooms I've seen in my twenty years in California. The hills radiated sunshine generated by the orange fire of the poppies. 

Here's a video I made of the poppies:

Below are a sampling of photographs as well. For more images you can visit my photo gallery.

Reader Comments (3)

Beautiful

March 19, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterEllen

Wow!! Looks like a bumper crop of the gold stuff! Lucky you to time your visit for the poppy bloom. Say howdy to the owl's clover for me, please!

March 20, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLaurel

Great video too - thanks for posting that!

March 26, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLaurel

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