Seaside Park, Japan

Photograph by Hideyuki Katagiri

This hill is filled with kokia every autumn. It is planted in summer and grows red in autumn. On this day, the sunlight was shining on the kokia at dusk. It looks like a burning hill. Seaside Park, Hitachinaka.

(This photo and caption were submitted to the 2013 National Geographic Photo Contest .)

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