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Photo of the Day
June 01, 2008

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Photo: Woman grinding pigments

Mineral Pigment, Bhubaneswar, India, 1999

Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

A woman in Bhubaneswar, India, prepares to grind red mineral pigment on a stone pestle. In the Hindu religion, colors, especially red, are endowed with symbolic significance.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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