Let me show you the lotus pond in the Japanese garden, in the Expo'70-site park, Osaka. Lotus flowers blooming very early in the morning, the garden opens far earlier in the morning than usual. 
( Olympus C-800L digital camera )
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Under cover
| Whirligigs walk on the water as they like. And a moorhen and her chick hid themselves under the lotus leaves. | 
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Guess what?
| Guess what shape of the pistil! It forms a yellow shower-head surounded by yellow stamens. Quite a few people bring their cameras, zoom lenses, tripods, as you see in the back. | 
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The other world
| It has been said the person who reaches the Buddhist paradise (after one's death) gets a seat of the blooming lotus. A pair of binoculars would show you what the seat is like. |