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Your pictures on the theme of 'the beauty of trees'

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme "the beauty of trees". Here are some of the pictures we received from around the world.

News imageLucy Coughlan Tree through a lensballLucy Coughlan
Lucy Coughlan: "I went out early to capture the sunrise and the recent snow. The trees looked absolutely beautiful being backlit by the sun. I decided to use my lensball to add a different perspective to my photo."
News imageEva Namik Tree reflected in a puddleEva Namik
Eva Namik: "Puddles are without great beauty but they can reflect the beauty of trees. A fresh and rainy walk on a Sunday with my partner."
News imageKathy Williams Lanterns in a treeKathy Williams
Kathy Williams: "Lanterns decorate the trees to celebrate Lunar New Year in Seoul, South Korea."
News imageNick V Briggs Tree on a beachNick V Briggs
Nick V Briggs: "This beautiful-shaped tree was on the beach where we were staying on the Cook Islands. So simple, so memorable."
News imageConor Donnelly Single treeConor Donnelly
Conor Donnelly: "In Irish folklore a lone hawthorn tree or 'fairy tree' is often associated with mystical powers."
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News imagePaul Granahan Oak leavesPaul Granahan
Paul Granahan: "This photo, taken in Hertfordshire, is a study of an oak tree branch showing the distinctive leaf shape and the remains of the flowers which will be replaced with acorns, the fruit of the oak tree containing a single seed."
News imageThierry Meyrat Tree canopyThierry Meyrat
Thierry Meyrat: "When walking in the southern coast of Tasmania in a preserved forest, these gigantic trees showed how delicate and harmonious is their canopy."
News imageJenny Downing Tree barkJenny Downing
Jenny Downing: "There's a row of majestic plane trees near where we used to live, prized by the townspeople for the shade they provide during the heat of the summer. I love their wonderfully tactile trunks, smooth, wrinkled and scaly and painted in camouflage colours."
News imageCharlie Scott Trees in DevonCharlie Scott
Charlie Scott: "A sunny morning lockdown walk in Devon after a lot of rain."
News imagePeter Kitanov A tree in snowPeter Kitanov
Peter Kitanov: "An old tree in winter at the Osogovo Mountain near Kyustendil, Bulgaria."
News imageLucy Laussen Trees in snowLucy Laussen
Lucy Laussen: "Taken during a white-out skiing day in Japan on Hakuba 47 in 2019. Sitting above the trees you could only see a few metres in front of you, the dense white creating a hauntingly beautiful landscape."
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News imageNatalie Yarrow Tree barkNatalie Yarrow
Natalie Yarrow: "I was wandering through Mile End Park and was struck by these eye-like markings on some of the tree trunks. A completely natural repeating pattern all over the bark, branches were growing from the middle of each 'eye' and, where they had snapped off, a 'pupil' had been revealed. Each 'eye' was beautifully defined, with its own unique expression, almost as if drawn by a cartoonist. Lockdown is making me notice beauty in the smallest details, which I would have been too busy to appreciate before."
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News imageHoward Why Cut logsHoward Why
Howard Why: "Trees are beautiful within as well as without as seen in this log pile in Charante, France."
News imageDoug Carter Colourful trees in CanadaDoug Carter
Doug Carter: "Beautiful tree colours along the St Lawrence river in Canada."
News imageKeith Bossard Oak treeKeith Bossard
Keith Bossard: "American Oak, taken during 2013 in Oatlands Park, Surrey."
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News imageHannah Reynolds Tree rootsHannah Reynolds
Hannah Reynolds: "I spotted these beautiful twisted tree roots in Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Florida in 2019, back in the days of unrestricted travel."
News imageBalasanu Ioan Trees from aboveBalasanu Ioan
Balasanu Ioan: "Sometimes it is best to see the how the world is connected, from the roots to the sky with the trees."
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The next theme is "I made this" and the deadline for entries is 9 March 2021.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

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