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  • This detail is from a pile carpet called Toktyklem.  It is a 20th century creation from Shymkent in Southern Kazakhstan.  Kasteyev museum of fine arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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  • Miss Yumi Tsutsui "Miss Nippon" "Miss Kimono" in the gardens of Shozan kimono weaving company in Kinugasa Kitaku area of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Autumn is an especially beautiful season in Japan, creating tableau's like this mix of carp and maple leaves in the pond at the Sanzen-in Temple in Kyoto. Sanzen-in's Ojo-Gokuraku-in (Amida Hall), which means Temple of Rebirth in Paradise, was first built in 985 by tendai preist Genshin.
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  • Sheikh Nasser bin Saleh Alerq of Al-Murrah tribe, Saudi Arabia
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  • Nurzipha Zhangaziyeva weaves a modern-style carpet, based on ancient Kazakh petroglyphs, on a vertical loom at the Tamga carpet factory in Fabrichny in southeastern Kazakhstan.
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  • Bamboo grove in Sagano area of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Rock Garden, Sarasota, Florida
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  • Granite water basin at the Yoshikawa inn in central Kyoto.
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  • Nobotokean tea ceremony,tea master Ueda Roshiro, near guest Sachiko Matsumoto, guest in background Michiko Ueda Kyoto, Japan
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  • Making of sumi ink at Kobaien Sumi shop 7 Tsubaicho, Nara, Japan
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  • Fresh bamboo shoots and other springtime dishes at Kinsuitei restaurant in the Sagano area well known for its bamboo forests. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Prep table with sushi at the Yoshikawa Tempura Restaurant, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Camels and competitors waiting for the start of the Kings Camel race at Jinayderiah, Saudi Arabia
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  • Camels and competitors waiting for the start of the Kings Camel race at Jinayderiah, Saudi Arabia
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  • Sheikh Nasser bin Saleh Alerq of Al-Murrah tribe, Saudi Arabia
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  • Greeyet of the Shammar setting a fire to kill a fox which had been killing lambs among the Shammar, Ash Shaqiq in the Nafud, Saudi Arabia
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  • Kiyomizu-dera, one of Kyoto's most famous temples, was built at the end of the 8th century.  The veranda extending from the main hall, supported by 139 pillars, has a spectacular view of Kyoto.  Kiyomizu-dera is designated a National Treasure and Important Cultural Property
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  • Kiyomizu-dera, one of Kyoto's most famous temples, was built at the end of the 8th century.  The veranda extending from the main hall, supported by 139 pillars, has a spectacular view of Kyoto.  Kiyomizu-dera is designated a National Treasure and Important Cultural Property
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  • Beginning of procession of Aoi Matsuri, "Hollyhock Festival" at the Shimogamo Shrine.  The festival originated during the reign of Emperor Kinmei (reigned CE 539-571) Kyoto, Japan
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  • Maple leaf in a Japanese water basin at the Masumoto Inn, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Beginning of procession of Aoi Matsuri, "Hollyhock Festival" at the Shimogamo Shrine.  The festival originated during the reign of Emperor Kinmei (reigned CE 539-571) Kyoto, Japan
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  • Japanese traditional sweet or tea cakes.  They are often designed to remind one of a particular season. Kyoto
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  • Saiho-ji ("Koke-dere") is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyo ward.  It is know as the moss garden with 120 varieties of moss. At the center is the Golden Pond, shaped like the Chinese character for "heart" or "mind".  A UNESCO World Heritage Site and "Historic Monument of Ancient Kyoto". Kyoto, Japan
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  • Saiho-ji ("Koke-dere") is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyo ward.  It is know as the moss garden with 120 varieties of moss. At the center is the Golden Pond, shaped like the Chinese character for "heart" or "mind".  A UNESCO World Heritage Site and "Historic Monument of Ancient Kyoto". Kyoto, Japan
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  • Mrs. Shibagaki Kimie , (49 years old) working at Tsuzure weaving (fingernail weaving.  Called fingernail weaving because the weaver's index fingernails are filed like saws, in order to pull the weft through the weaving.  This is highly precise weaving often weaving only one centimeter in length per day.  She translates the design withthe bare eye and follows it through a mirror, which is placed under the warp. She was working at the Nishijin Textile Center.  While I photographed her she was weaving the covering of Kuronushiyama one of the Yama in the Gion  Festival.  It is a  reproduction of a five-hundred-year-old Chinese tapestry that is hung each year on one of the traditional floats in the parade of the Gion Festival in Kyoto. Most of the provenence is from my first hand work with Mrs. Shibagaki. Some details from the book The Silk Weaver of Kyoto: Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry, by Tamara K. Hareven p. 121 pub. University of California Press.
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  • Multi story building of restaurants along the Kamo river in the Pontocho district of Kyoto.
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  • Sake barrels outside the Pontocho Kaburenjo Theater.  One of the theaters for Geisha dance in the city. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Beginning of procession of Aoi Matsuri, "Hollyhock Festival" at the Shimogamo Shrine.  The festival originated during the reign of Emperor Kinmei (reigned CE 539-571) Kyoto, Japan
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  • Sunset behind a mature oak tree on the grounds of the Toji ?? temple, "East Temple. UNESCO world heritage site.  Toji is the one of the most important Shingon temples. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Cultivating Shiitaki mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) ( ????) in the area between Yagyu and Tawara tea area. The Shiitaki's are cultivated on the dead wood of the shii tree Castanopsis cuspidata. Shiitaki's have been cultivated in Japan for over 1,000 years.  Kyoto, Japan
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  • Kamogawa Odori, Geisha dance of the Kamo-River. Pontacho Kaburenjo Theater. Kyoto, Japan
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  • One of two Oxen in the Jidai Matsuri (Festival of Ages) held annually on October 22.  It started in 1895 &  commemorates the 1100th anniversary of the  transfer of the capital Kyoto in 794, known at the time as Heiankyo.  The festival presents the history of Kyoto much like a picture scroll with participants in costumes of each historical period from 794 to 1895. The procession includes 2,000 people, extends 1.24 miles (2 km)  Kyoto, Japan
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  • Three of the nearly 1,200 protected deer that roam freely near Kofukuji temple.  The deer are considered sacred messengers from gods of Kasuga-taisy shrine.  Nara, Japan.
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  • Takigi O-Noh is a traditional musical drama performed  on the open-air stage built on the lawn of Kofukuji Temple, a World Heritage Site.  Takigi O-Noh signifies "a Noh traditional Musical theater drama performed at a banquet held around a bonfire'.     This Bonfire Noh is believed to have orginated in at Kofukuji Temple in 869. The Noh consists mainly of songs and dance, the traditional drama is performed by spoken lines.
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  • Making of sumi ink at Kobaien Sumi shop 7 Tsubaicho, Nara, Japan
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  • Sumi calligraphy, "Kyoto & Nara" created by Mr. Mitsuyoshi Nakano the section chief at Kobaien Sumi shop 7 Tsubaicho, Nara, Japan
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  • Mr. Mitsuyoshi Nakano the section chief at Kobaien Sumi shop 7 Tsubaicho, Nara, Japan
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  • Sanzen-in Temple gardens. Sanzen-in Temple was built in 985 by the Tendai priest Genshin. Ohara rural town in northern Kyoto city, Japan
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  • Wood carving on a wall panel of a summer house at Shugakuin Rikyu (Shugakuin Imperial Villa) at the foot of Mt. Hiei.  The garden here were laid out in 1629.  Each garden contains a summer-house. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Central Kyoto, a blend of modern and traditional architecture.  For more than a thousand years from 794 A.D., Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan, and the center of Japanese culture and civilization.                 There are 231 Shinto shrines, 1,540 Buddhist temples, 30 of which are the headquarters of different sects.
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  • Pagodas of the Hosso Buddhist Yakushiji Temple point to the sun rising over Nara, the city that became Japan's first permanent capital in A.D. 710. The three-storied pagodas were built with mokoshi, inter-story pent roofs.
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  • Pagodas at the Hosso Buddhist Yakushiji Temple point to the sun rising over Nara, the city that became Japan's first permanent capital in A.D. 710. The three-storied pagodas were built with mokoshi, inter-story pent roofs.
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  • On this day, Oct. 21, incense is burned to honor the founder of this temple and ask for blessings for one's self
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  • Faisal Al Amrah, Dahana Sands, Saudi Arabia
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  • Al Amrah children studying at their desert school in the Dahana Sands.  The teacher was Abdul Wahab Mahmood Abdullah. Saudi Arabia
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  • Tent wall opening to view  the mens section from the womens section. Saudi Arabia
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  • Stone lantern in the Sanzen-in Temple gardens. Sanzen-in Temple was built in 985 by the Tendai priest Genshin. Ohara rural town in northern Kyoto city, Japan
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  • Prep table with baby eggplants at the Yoshikawa Tempura Restaurant, Kyoto, Japan
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  • The musk melon is grown only in Japan. They are often given as gifts when visiting someone in the hospital.  They are grown in well controlled greenhouses and in 2012 sell for more than 10,000 yen.  They come with a seal indicating the best date to taste.
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  • Mrs. Mitsue Shiga a master doll maker working on a Nakayama doll, kimono and hair are made of silk. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Beginning of procession of Aoi Matsuri, "Hollyhock Festival" at the Shimogamo Shrine.  The festival originated during the reign of Emperor Kinmei (reigned CE 539-571) Kyoto, Japan
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  • The largest Torii gate in Japan at the Heian-Jingu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Cultivating Green tea (Camellia sinesis)  in Watsuka area of Kyoto
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  • Turtles sunning on a rock in Sarusawa pond near Kofukuji temple in Nara, Japan.
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  • Miss Tae Nakano hand painting a peony onto silk (Yuzen Tegaki) for a kimono. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Takigi O-Noh is a traditional musical drama performed  on the open-air stage built on the lawn of Kofukuji Temple, a World Heritage Site.  Takigi O-Noh signifies "a Noh traditional Musical theater drama performed at a banquet held around a bonfire'.     This Bonfire Noh is believed to have orginated in at Kofukuji Temple in 869. The Noh consists mainly of songs and dance, the traditional drama is performed by spoken lines.
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  • Miss Yumi Tsutsui "Miss Nippon" "Miss Kimono" in the gardens of Shozan kimono weaving company in Kinugasa Kitaku area of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Miss Yumi Tsutsui "Miss Nippon" "Miss Kimono" in the gardens of Shozan kimono weaving company in Kinugasa Kitaku area of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Making of sumi ink with rape flower oil, wicking is rush grass. Kobaien Sumi shop 7 Tsubaicho, Nara, Japan
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  • Jizo statue in the Sanzen-in Temple gardens. Sanzen-in Temple was built in 985 by the Tendai priest Genshin. Ohara, rural town north of Kyoto, Japan
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  • Todai-Ji Temple  (Hall of the Great Buddha, a "National Treasure"). Largest wooden structure in the world, measuring  160 ft.high, 187 ft. long, and 166 ft. wide. It houses the  Daibutsu-Den the largest bronze statue in the world. It was cast in the middle of the 8th century.  The statue represents Birushana-butsu (also called Rushanabutsu, Skr. Vairocana). The statue measures: Height including pedestal 71 ft. 6 in., Height without pedestal 53 ft. 6 in. length of face 16 ft., width of face 9ft. 5 in., whole weight 500 metric tons.  It is counted among the "Seven Great Temples of Nara". It was founded in 745 by Emperor Shomu. Nara, Japan
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  • Todai-Ji Temple  (Hall of the Great Buddha, a "National Treasure"). Largest wooden structure in the world, measuring  160 ft.high, 187 ft. long, and 166 ft. wide. It houses the  Daibutsu-Den the largest bronze statue in the world. It was cast in the middle of the 8th century.  The statue represents Birushana-butsu (also called Rushanabutsu, Skr. Vairocana). The statue measures: Height including pedestal 71 ft. 6 in., Height without pedestal 53 ft. 6 in. length of face 16 ft., width of face 9ft. 5 in., whole weight 500 metric tons.  It is counted among the "Seven Great Temples of Nara". It was founded in 745 by Emperor Shomu. Nara, Japan
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  • High school students having final archery examination at the Butokudan Hall.  It is the oldest standing martial arts training hall in Japan. Built in 1895 opened 1899   Kyoto, Japan
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  • School children visiting the Ryoanji Zen Temple (The Temple of the Dragon at Peace). Belongs to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism.  It is regarded as one of the finest examples of a kare-sansui, a Japanese rock garden, or zen garden.  The temple and garden are listed as Historic Monuments of ancient Kyoto, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kyoto, Japan
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  • The Heian Jingu Shrine. 1895 marked the 1,100th year since the Heian Capital was founded.  Marking the commemorative year the citizens of Kyoto decided to praise the virtues of Emperor Kammu and deify ham as the ancestral god of Kyoto.  To this end, they created a shrine in the style of Chodo-in.  the shrine was deidicated March 15, 1895.
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  • Shrines for children along the Philosophical Passageway, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Attendents with Miss Kazusa Nihimura (20 years old) the queen "Saiodai"  at Misogi - No-Shinji the ceremony of purification & baptism. This is a pre event of the Aoi Matsuri (festival) Kamikamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Kamogawa Odori, Geisha dance of the Kamo-River. Pontacho Kaburenjo Theater. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Three of the nearly 1,200 protected deer that roam freely near Kofukuji temple.  The deer are considered sacred messengers from gods of Kasuga-taisy shrine.  Nara, Japan.
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  • On this day Oct. 21 incense is burned to honor the founder of this temple and ask for blessings for one's self.  Todji Buddist Temple, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Attendents with Miss Kazusa Nihimura (20 years old) the queen "Saiodai"  at Misogi - No-Shinji the ceremony of purification & baptism. This is a pre event of the Aoi Matsuri (festival) Kamikamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Hiroyasu Muratea writing "horse" backwards in chinese a demonstration of riding skill  at the Fujinomori Matsuri (festival) Fujinomori Jinji Shrine. Kyoto, Japan
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  • Todai-Ji Temple  (Hall of the Great Buddha, a "National Treasure"). Largest wooden structure in the world, measuring  160 ft.high, 187 ft. long, and 166 ft. wide. It houses the  Daibutsu-Den the largest bronze statue in the world.  It is counted among the "Seven Great Temples of Nara". It was founded in 745 by Emperor Shomu. Nara, Japan
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  • Todai-Ji Temple  (Hall of the Great Buddha, a "National Treasure"). Largest wooden structure in the world, measuring  160 ft.high, 187 ft. long, and 166 ft. wide. It houses the  Daibutsu-Den the largest bronze statue in the world. It was cast in the middle of the 8th century.  The statue represents Birushana-butsu (also called Rushanabutsu, Skr. Vairocana). The statue measures: Height including pedestal 71 ft. 6 in., Height without pedestal 53 ft. 6 in. length of face 16 ft., width of face 9ft. 5 in., whole weight 500 metric tons.  It is counted among the "Seven Great Temples of Nara". It was founded in 745 by Emperor Shomu. Nara, Japan
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  • Autumn is an especially beautiful season in Japan, creating tableau's like this mix of carp and maple leaves in the pond at the Sanzen-in Temple in Kyoto. Sanzen-in's Ojo-Gokuraku-in (Amida Hall), which means Temple of Rebirth in Paradise, was first built in 985 by tendai preist Genshin.
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  • Rodolto Montero works as a butler at the Orient on San Francisco de Asis square in Old Havana.
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  • The Orient is similar to many elegant restaurants in Old Havana.
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  • These mischievous-looking boys live in the village of Akmaral in Katon-Karagi in northern Kazakhstan whre red deer known as Maral are raised.  The velvet harvested frm the antlers of these animals is an expensive ingredient in some oriental medicines.
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  • Oriented polypropylene slitter, ExxonMobil Chemical's films plant in LaGrange, Georgia.  OPP films are used for flexible plastics and labels for consumer beauty products, food, drink, and pharmaceutical packaging.
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  • Oriented polypropylene Work in Process warehouse, ExxonMobil Chemical's films plant in LaGrange, GA.  OPP films are used for flexible plastics and labels for consumer beauty products, food, drink, and pharmaceutical packaging.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
    20130414-43.jpg
  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
    20130506-78-3.jpg
  • The sunflower an annual plant is native to the Americas. The flower petals within the sunflower's cluster are always in a spiral pattern.  Generally, each floret is oriented toward the next by appropximately the golden angle, 137.5 degrees, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals, where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers.  This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head.
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  • This Architectural model is one of the prposals for the new government center in Astana, which became Kazakhstan's capital in 1998.  The building concept was designed and developed by architect Bek Ibrayev and his staff.  Its composition is bas on principles of organized space use in ancient turkic and hunnish headquarters.  The "Senior Yurt," where decisions that affect the whole country are made, is kplaced in the center.  As in ancient times, the main axes of the proposed building are strictly oriented on a north-south, east-west basis to secure the patronage of the higher powers and bring well-being and good fortune to the country and its leadrs.
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