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Sunshine from the Cosmos

Sunshine from the Cosmos

A beautiful mangrove buckeye (Junonia evarete) stops for a drink atop a Cosmos flower during dusk's golden hour.

A beautiful mangrove buckeye (Junonia evarete) stops for a drink atop a Cosmos flower during dusk's golden hour.
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NIKON D7000

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Aperture f/4.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640

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Jan, 2013

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