*LIFE IN COLOUR*_* PURPLE
Purple is a versatile color. Combining the fire of red with the serenity of blue, it has the ability to soothe as well as excite passion.
Purple is prevalent in nature in everything from eggplants to amethysts, and humans have adopted it as a symbol of royalty.
Ross Bridge in Tasmania is cloaked in a mauve sunset. The beautiful sandstone span, built by convicts in 1836,
is one of Australia's oldest and is decorated with an impressive array of carvings.
Towering lavender clouds loom like misty mountains over the coast of Scotland's Isle of Skye.
Skye is one of the Inner Hebrides, a group of islands off Scotland's west coast.
A close-up shows purple crocuses flecked with bright yellow pollen in Washington, D.C.
This brilliant purple sea star was photographed in the waters off Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Though they are commonly called starfish, these animals are not fish at all.
They are echinoderms, closely related to sea urchins.
An anemonefish hovers over its purple host near Sulawesi, Indonesia.
These colorful fish have a layer of mucous that keeps the anemone from stinging it.
Glow from the distant Shaybah oil field turns the Saudi Arabian sky purple as a man dances atop a nearby sand dune.
Saudi Arabia controls about a fourth of all the world's proven oil reserves
A lavender haze creeps over a boat-filled harbor in Rockport, Maine.
Maine's picturesque coastal towns are popular with sailors and summer tourists alike.
California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is famous for its wildflower blooms.
Here, dune evening primrose flowers stand out in a sea of purple desert sand verbena.
Members of the Beltane Fire Society perform in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the annual festival known as Fringe Sunday.
They carry a giant purple egg—which will rendezvous with an equally large sperm—during a re-enactment of "creation."
A Joshua tree stands under a purple-black sky in California's Mojave Desert.
Native Americans once wove baskets and sandals from this tree's leaves and ate its buds and seeds.
Purple tints land and sky as night falls over lavender fields at Tasmania's famed Bridestowe Estate.
The plantation is one of the largest lavender farms in the world.
A cloth-draped Bushman community building supported by an antelope-shaped structure in Welkom, South Africa, reflects the culture's strong connection with nature.
Changing times have pushed the San people to the fringes of the new Africa, where they often struggle to survive.
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