 EPOD - a service of USRA

The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


 Four Seasons of Wisteria

   September 21, 2021


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   Photographer:  Marcella Botti

   Summary Author:  Marcella Botti

   In September 2019, I noticed this beautiful  wisteria in the
    Park of Villa Finzi, Milan, Italy, and so for fun I photographed it
   over and over again, noticing the change from one month to the next. I
   managed to take the first two photos shown above (autumn and winter),
   when I was working in Milan, then I changed jobs, then the pandemic
   arrived. Intent on completing the project, I went back to Milan in
   March 2021 to immortalize spring, and finally, in June 2021, I finally
   completed by little swing through the seasons.
    Wisteria, a genus in the legume family of flowering plants
   ( Fabaceae or Leguminosae), is a vigorous and cold hardy climbing
   vine. Different species are found throughout the mid latitudes of the
   Northern Hemisphere, including China, Korea, Japan, Southern Canada,
   and the eastern United States. The woody vines of the wisteria climb by
   twining their stems (notice the huge vine of this wisteria) around any
   available support. All four photos featured above were taken between
   9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., local solar time, using my IPhone XR.


     * Villa Finzi, Milan, Italy Coordinates: 45.5053, 9.2200

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