Riot of colors in California

• Riot of colors in California

While in Russia only begins the real spring, the other end of the earth, everything looks different.

After a record drought, which was replaced by the winter rains in California wildflowers in bloom. Let's look at the riot of colors, until we have started.

At 70 miles from downtown Los Angeles there was a carpet of bright colors, mostly orange California poppies. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson | Reuters):

The California poppies near Lake Elsinore, California. (Photo by David McNew):

The California poppies and bluebells. (Photo by David McNew):

California poppies on Diamond Valley Lake, California. (Photo by David McNew):

or California poppy Eschscholzia californica is a California state flower symbol. He is represented on all roads at the entrance to the state. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown):

This bright orange flower was named in honor of the naturalist, physician Johann Friedrich von eschscholzia (1793-1831), who was a surgeon in the Russian expedition on the ship, arriving in 1815 in San Francisco and is moored in a bay, surrounded by hills, covered with this golden flower. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown):

April 6 is celebrated as the Day of the California poppy. Interestingly, the common opinion that if the special status of the flower is a ban on its cutting and damage. However, such a law does not exist. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson | Reuters):

Wild flowers near Lake Elsinore, California. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson | Reuters):

This is the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Desert - United States State Park, located in the Colorado Desert in Southern California. (Photo by Sue Horton | Reuters):

Bells at Lake Diamond Valley in California. (Photo by David McNew):

Wildflowers on a background of mountains in California. (Photo by David McNew):

In the background you can see the Diamond Valley Lake - an artificial reservoir located under the Hemet, California, United States. One of the largest reservoirs in Southern California and is also one of the newest. (Photo by David McNew):

(Photo by David McNew):

Bells. By the way, there are 400 kinds of bells. On the territory of Russia and neighboring countries, there are about 150 species in the European part of Russia - up to 15. (Photo by David McNew):