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Blooming Cactus in Canyonlands National Park

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Creator
Margery H. Freeman
Date created
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Location
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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This photograph copyright ©2008. All Rights Reserved

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Bright red flowers of a Claret Cup Cactus provide contrast to the rock around it.

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The beautiful flowers of the Claret Cup Cactus grow amid the long white spines of the plant which is growing in a rock face along a trail in Canyonlands National Park. The cacti provide food for rodents living in the harsh landscape.