Images Dated 2017 August

Purple Daisy Osteospermum

The daisy-like composite flower consists of disc florets and ray florets, growing singly at the end of branches or sometimes in inflorescences of terminal corymbose cymes. The disc florets are pseudo-bisexual and come in several colors such as blue, yellow and purple. The hardy types usually show a dark blue center in the disc until the yellow pollen is shed. The ray florets are female and are found diverse colors such as white, cream, pink, purple, mauve to yellow

© Nicola Morgan 2017

Sturt desert pea. Arid flower. South Australia

Sturt desert pea. Arid flower growing in the arid conditions of the Flinders Ranges

© John White Photos

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Perseid meteor shower

August is usually regarded as meteor month, with one of the best displays of the year reaching its peak near midmonth. That display is the annual Perseid meteor. In the foreground is the Monument of Caius Vibius a 4 m high monolith dating to the 1st century AD placed in Filippoi, Kavala Greece an important archaeological site of eastern Macedonia, with characteristic monuments of the Hellenistic, Roman and Early Christian periods

© Mavroudakis Fotis fotismav @hotmail.com