#40 · Aug 23–27 · Manageable Heat
Cotton flowers open
綿柎開
Wata no hana shibe hiraku · Cotton flowers open
Cotton bloom or first opening boll, photographed as a botanical study; greenhouse/garden source may be needed.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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