Jewels from the Mud: The Elegance of Water Lilies<img alt="" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7028800959_ee6ea9b9b8_z.jpg" width="270" height="203" align="right" />Though perhaps most widely appreciated as obscure daubs of paint in Impressionist Claude Monet’s renderings of his pond at Giverny, water lilies are as, if not more, breath-taking up close and in person. Check out some photos from Britannica research editor Richard Pallardy after the jump.
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