Photo of the Day by Doug Croft

By Staff

Updated July 9, 2016

'Big Sur' by Doug Croft

“Big Sur” by Doug Croft

Today’s Photo of the Day was submitted to the Wildflowers Assignment by Doug Croft. Croft found Lupine covered hills overlooking a foggy seascape in the Los Padres National Forest, CA.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Your Favorite Places and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage and several images from the Assignment Gallery are picked to be featured in The Best Of Assignments section in the print magazine. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published May 13, 2014

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