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Paintbrush

With brilliant crimson-tipped floral bracts damp from melted snow flakes, this western red Indian paintbrush shows well how it got its common name. The flowers seemingly had an inner glow on this cold damp day below the arches in Rattlesnake Canyon, Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness in western Colorado.

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Uploaded on May 4, 2023
Taken on April 19, 2023