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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Unity of Three Puffball Mushrooms

They were the only puffball mushrooms that I saw this year when shooting this picture behind our house early afternoon on 10/21/2023. I liked how the fall leaves encircled this "family of three, sharing one divine nature" on earth and let them stay united together where I found them.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2023
Date Uploaded: 10.2023
Photo Location: Ellsworth, Wi, United States of America
Camera: COOLPIX P1000
Copyright: © Andrea Petersen