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Photo of the Day Archive. Photo of the Day - Best Photos of 2011 - Photo Gallery. LightBox - From the photo editors of TIME. Botany Photo of the Day. Taisha wrote today's entry.

Botany Photo of the Day

We were both challenged to find the bona fide botanical name for this taxon, and had to give up (no results in the USPTO database, for one), so we left it as a black-fruited selection (read more below). Taisha writes: The past two days in Vancouver have been quite warm and enjoyably sunny--prompting many to get out into the garden. Some have begun planting seeds indoors or in greenhouses, and it won't be long until we can directly seed outdoors. Today, we have a photo of some caryopses of Zea mays. For those in the temperate northern hemisphere who are anticipating growing plants from seeds soon, I thought I would help explain some oft-used seed terminology. Certified organic (with an emphasis on Canada, as definitions and regulations are different depending on country): Organic seeds are seeds that are harvested from a plant grown in a way that meets organic regulations.

LIFE - Your World in Pictures. Earth Science Picture of the Day. World View Temps and Clouds. Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Home. Astronomy Picture of the Day. Mount St. Helens VolcanoCams - Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Welcome!

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Discover Your Northwest are proud to be partners with the National Park Service, U.S. Contact Us Mount St. News Pictures: National Geographic News. December 14, 2012 A miniature Nile River flows on Titan, auroras "dance" and "twist," and the sun erupts in this week's best space pictures. December 11, 2012 The sun "smiles," the Mars rover takes a self-portrait, and Endeavour bids farewell in our editor's picks for the year's best space pictures.

December 7, 2012 A real-life "vampire," a spider swarm, and miniature chameleons are featured in the most popular news galleries of 2012. A tiger chowing on a rhino and a sloth bear spitting at the camera are among the winning subjects of the 2012 BBC Wildlife Camera Trap Competition. December 5, 2012 Earth's lights shine in newly released satellite images from NASA, the most detailed yet. December 4, 2012 Pronghorn antelopes cross a busy Wyoming highway on an overpass built to help them navigate a dangerous bottleneck in their migration.

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