Here are photos of cherry blossoms from users from National Geographic. The photographs were taken while traveling, travelling, or simply in their home country.
1. Washington Monument.
Cherry blossoms with the Washington Monument in the background. The appearance of white and pink flowers on the trees means that spring has come to the capital. Every year hundreds of thousands of people gather here to attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
2. Cherry blossoms in the rain.
The rain does not stop people who came to Washington to observe with their own eyes the beautiful moment of flowering of the decorative cherry trees. There are 12 different varieties of ornamental and flowering cherry trees in the District of Columbia. As you know, ornamental cherry trees do not produce fruit.
3. Squirrel and cherry blossoms.
The photo shows a squirrel chewing the petals of a cherry blossom.
4. Cherry blossoms and Jefferson Memorial.
5. Path among cherry trees in Japan.
This photo was taken in Iwakuni, Japan, just after the end of the Cherry Blossom Festival.
6. Swing under a cherry tree, Japan.
Cherry blossoms (called Sakura in Japan) are synonymous with spring in Japan. In the photo you see a girl riding in the park against the backdrop of cherry blossoms.
7. Cherry blossoms, Nagoya, Japan.
Cherry blossom period is the most beautiful time of year in Japan.
8. Sprout on a cherry tree.
The cherry tree blooms for one month and disappears in the blink of an eye.
9. The photograph shows an ornamental cherry tree growing on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Cherry blossoms are one of the most sublime flowering plants in Japan.
10. Warbler (yellow neck) on a branch of a flowering cherry tree, Washington, USA.
The story goes back to 1912, when Japan made a gift to the United States and transported more than 3,000 cherry blossom trees to Washington.
11. Jefferson Memorial.
Beautiful view of the Jefferson Memorial through the cherry blossoms.
12. Cherry blossoms in Italy.
A colorful view of the Alpine foothills dotted with cherry blossom trees near the city of Verona, Italy.
