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Beijing Lotus Pond

Beijing Lotus Pond

Taken at the Beijing Botanical Gardens in June 2006 with a Fuji Finepix S7000 fix-lens DSLR capturing a polluted haze behind the brilliant pink lotus....
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Taken at the Beijing Botanical Gardens in June 2006 with a Fuji Finepix S7000 fix-lens DSLR capturing a polluted haze behind the brilliant pink lotus.
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Apr, 2016

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