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Tickled Pink By Alameda Grass: Photo Of The Day

Geoff Geiger has looked closely at an everyday item and found beauty in the details.

Sandbur in Alameda, Calif.
Sandbur in Alameda, Calif. ( Geoff Geiger)

ALAMEDA, CA — Whether in your yard or the wild-grown areas around Alameda, there is beauty hiding in just about every inch of nature. Geoff Geiger took this closeup photo of grass with varied coloration. He did a search of the image and turned up, "Sandbur, genus of plant in the grass family."

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