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Exploding Flowers

In NW Florida there is a little known type of flower which, at the base of each cluster, grows a chamber filled with a gunpowder-like substance. When disturbed, the chamber explodes scattering the seeds over a 100 foot radius. Through sheerest luck, I caught this cluster at the moment of ignition. (tongue firmly in cheek)

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Uploaded on April 21, 2012
Taken on August 11, 2010