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Stunning images: winners of the 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
Merit winner: Fred An
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Location: Portland, Oregon, US
Fred An says: "This is the great Japanese maple tree in the Portland Japanese Gardens. I tried to bring a different perspective of this frequently photographed tree."
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Wonderful pictures, as one would expect, except that Baobab trees are not confined to Madagascar, as the comment suggests. The trees are found in abundance in Tanzania, I know because I have photographed them myself, and they are also found in many other African states. They are also to be found in Australia. The Baobab tree - Adansonia digitata is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsular and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island.
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