Ah, the perennial pumpkin patch. You might think the round orange gourds in today"s photo are vegetables, but botanists say pumpkins are actually the fruit of pumpkin vines. They"re considered fruit because pumpkins contain seeds and grow from the same part of the plant that produces flowers. And now, as Halloween nears, pumpkins are ripe for picking and carving into spooky jack-o"-lanterns.
A most sincere pumpkin patch
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International Day of Mangrove Conservation
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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Martin Luther King Day
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Memorial Day
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Happy birthday to the Peak!
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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
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The Pearl of Siberia
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Day of the Dead
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A meerkat stands alone
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It s truffle season here in the Dordogne Valley
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Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
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A story of wind and ice
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Celtic Colours International Festival, Canada
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A crane for good luck in today’s big game
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Poinsettia Day
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Kangaroo family for National Hugging Day
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
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Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Great Backyard Bird Count