Spring Has Sprung Assignment Winner Beth Young

“I never took the time to visit wildflower locations in Southern California before, but this year, I decided to visit the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve for the first time where poppies cover massive areas of rolling hills and fields,” explains Young. “It was interesting how much darker in orange color these poppies appear in comparison to ones seen in Northern California, but one poppy in a large field glowed in a luminous yellow hue.”