Following the sun
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- July
- 31
Heliotropism. That’s what sunflowers (and other plants) practice as they follow the sun across the sky during the day. This summer, obviously, is not a good one to do that.
But, these two photos show the sunflowers in my front yard following the sun. In the morning, the tops of the plants are facing east (to the left in the top photo). By evening, they are tilted to the west (the right in the bottom photo).
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