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grrlscientist | May 22, 2009tags: NYC, Upper East Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day
White dahlia, Dahlia hybrid/cultivar, in the early morning sunshine.
Photographed while waiting for the bus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist, 18 May 2009 [larger view].
If you look closely, you'll see lots of black specks on those white petals .. this is genuine Manhattan air pollution -- soot -- the same crap that coats the insides of your lungs and tries to kill you with every breath you take.