Mount Damâvand with a height of 5671 is the highest peak in Iran.
Every year in June poppies bloom on Damavand’s base and create lovely scenery there.
Here are some photos I took last week…
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Wonderful! Poppy is my favorite flower because it’s pure red and a very simple one.
I would go to Iran in June to see it by my self.
Your picture remains me the famous painting “The poppy fields”.
If I remember right, it’s an Auguste Renoir painting when he was in “Provence” French countryside.
Thank you Maryse. I did a search on Google and found an image of Renoir’s lovely painting. In addition, I found many other beautiful paintings of poppy fields.
I have a painting that I like very much. A drawing of Damavand’s poppies, by my daughter when she was 3 years old. :)
Here it is:
Nice drawing! How old is she now?
Thank you. She is 6 years old now. In September she will start the elementary school.
Very beautiful: it’s invite us to a walk.
Poppies remind me of the famous English symbol of the first World War. In November, in Lille, we can see English people with a poppy on the lapel in remembrance of the WWI deaths. In France nobody wears anything.
Beautiful photographs.
It is also particularly poignant that you highlight the poppy as the 1st July is the 100th anniversary of the start of the battle of the Somme in the 1st World war when there were 60,000 British casualties on the first morning alone and, by November well over a million British, French and German casualties.
As John Macrae wrote;
In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row.
I didn’t know that in UK the poppy is a symbol of remembrance of the solders who have died in the 1st World War. It seems that poppies are a symbol for the dead in many cultures. According to Wikipedia, poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red color of the red poppy in particular. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. In Iranian literature poppies resemble some one who has experienced… Read more »
Hi Delaram, The poppy has been the official symbol of remembrance in the U.K. since 1921. It was adopted by the Royal British Legion, our ex servicemen and womens’ association. Each year millions of paper poppies are manufactured and sold during early November (leading up to the 11th November), by the Legion to support those who have been injured in the services, in all conflicts, not just the 1st World war. Last year I think something like £40 million pounds was raised. If you ever visit the UK in early November, you will see that almost everyone wears a poppy.… Read more »
But now I learn about Le Bleuet de France?