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Common Milkweed seeds leaving the pod

Common Milkweed seeds leaving the pod

an "explosion" of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seeds with their white "parachutes" (pappus) ready to carry and disperse them on the w...
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an "explosion" of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seeds with their white "parachutes" (pappus) ready to carry and disperse them on the wind ("storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes")
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi

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settings

Aperture 16/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/180 Focal Length 55/1

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location

Clifton Springs, New York, US

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upload_date

Nov, 2023

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