A beautiful spray of Colorado's state flower, the Columbine, in Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, Colorado.  While spectacular displays of wild flowers abound throughout the Rocky Mountains, arguably, this region of Colorado is the best.

Columbines, near Ouray, Colorado - Photo © Peter Runyon, e-mail: msights@vail.net . Camera: Nikon F100, Lens: 20mm f2.8 Nikkor, film: Fuji Provia 100, exposure: f4 1/125sec.

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