National Geographic Photo Of The Day x The Blue Universe

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Photograph by Hiroki Kondu

–About 4.5 million Nemophila menziesii—a California wildflower commonly known as baby blue eyes—carpet the hills at Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan. According to photographer Hiroki Kondu, who calls this landscape “the blue universe,” the flowers peak from the end of April to the first week of May.– (Via National Geographic)