Photos of the Day: July 1, 2015

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Surreal sunrise, sourwood blooms, and horsesugar fruit …

 

sunrise through thick haze over linville gorge
Sunrise through thick haze over Linville Gorge. This is really how it looked! Amazing! (Photo: Jon)

 

Blooms on a sourwood tree (Oxydendrum arboreum). (Photo: Nick)

 

Horsesugar (Symplocos tinctoria)
Horsesugar (Symplocos tinctoria) leaves are similar to sourwood. (Photo: Nick)

 

Symplocos tinctoria (horsesugar or common sweetleaf) linville gorge
Horsesugar (also called sweetleaf) bears its fruit right on the branch. (Photo: Nick)