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Italy -

Poppies and daisies vie for the eye in a meadow full of flowers in the Italian countryside.

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France - A fragrant multicolored spring garden in the Normandy village of Giverny.

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Japan - Cherry blossoms lines the banks of a river in Hirosaki, on the island of Honshu.

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Portugal - Delicate almond blossom enriches the Algarve every March.

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USA - Sunflowers smiling in the midwestern state of Missouri.

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New Zealand - Beautiful lupine flowers embroider the banks of Lake Tekapo on South Island.

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USA - The Carlsbad Flower Fields near San Diego, California, are a seasonal attraction, with acres of flowers.

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Japan - An explosion of moss pink adds dramatic perspective to Hokkaido's volcanic Mount Asahi.

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Switzerland - A field of spring wildflowers near the village of Wengen, in the country's Lauterbrunnen municipality.

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Netherlands - Beautiful tulips carpet a park near the Keukenhof, the famous flower gardens located in Lisse, southern Holland.

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Italy - A spring landscape at the Piano Grande (Great Plain), a large plateau in the central Italian Apennine mountains. 

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Germany - An aerial view of an oilseed field located in Germany.

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USA - The floor of a forest near Columbia, the state capital of South Carolina, in bright spring colors. 

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Romania - Spectacular rhododendron flowers blossom near Bucura Lake in the Retezat mountains. 

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USA - The sun begins to set over a patch of spring desert wildflowers in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.

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Tunisia - Hardy herbaceous plants stick their necks out in the north African desert. 

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Spain - Spring wildflowers fleck the Andalusian landscape in southern Spain.

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Belgium - A tapestry of tulips emblazon a park near the medieval city of Bruges.  

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USA - Flowering azaleas add color to a Charleston plantation in South Carolina.  

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England - Bluebells embellish a scenic path through a shady wood in Gloucestershire. 

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Italy - A meadow in Umbria is illuminated by sun and a collection of spring flowers. 

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Chile - A sea of daisies appear to creep up on Monte Fitz Roy, in Patagonia. 

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Georgia - Purple rhododendrons bedeck the foot of Mt. Shkhara near the Georgian-Russian border.

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Iceland - The approach to the landmark Seljalandsfoss waterfall is decorated with flowers the color of sunshine. 

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USA - California poppies brush the hills above Antelope Valley with gold. 

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Portugal - A single olive tree is surrounded by flecks of colorful blooms in the plains of southern Portugal. 

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USA -

A shrub in full bloom in Coral Pink Sand Dune State Park, Utah.

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Austria - An Alpine meadow under an early spring sky near Salzburg. 

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Ireland - Plants cling to the dramatic Cliffs of Moher in County Clare along the Wild Atlantic Way hiking trail.  

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Brazil -

The petals of a pink trumpet (lapacho) tree glowing in sunlight in the Pantanal, in Mato Grosso.

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