Life in Orange Color

Giraffes, Botswana

A balance of playful yellow and passionate red, orange commands attention without overwhelming. This often flamboyant color brings to mind citrus and sunsets, fall leaves, and jack-o’-lanterns. Orange has even been found to stimulate appetite and creativity in humans.
Above, three giraffes in Botswana’s Okavango Delta stretch their necks above the horizon before a glowing orange sky.

Cowboy Boot, New Mexico

Sunset casts a spurred boot in silhouette in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Such icons of the Old West still have a proud place in everyday New Mexican life.

Lake Michigan Sunset

An orange-tinged sunset provides the backdrop for a sailboat on Lake Michigan. This 321-mile-long (517-kilometer-long) body of water is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.

Turkish Wheat Field

Knobby haystacks dot a wheat field in Malazgirt, Turkey, as sunset bathes two workers in hazy orange light.

Insulation Fibers

Molten glass is turned into insulation at the Johns-Manville Corporation in Berlin, New Jersey The orange-hot fluid is forced through holes in a palladium sheet to form long, thin fibers.

Orange Tulips

Vibrant tulips brighten the Samuels Bulb Garden at St. Louis’s Missouri Botanical Garden. Established in 1859, the garden is an internationally recognized center for botanical research and a year-round urban oasis for flower fans.

Dingo Fence, Australia

Sunset colors the sand around Australia’s famed dingo fence, a 3,355-mile (5,400-kilometer) barrier that crosses the country’s desert interior and separates cattle and sheep from predatory wild dogs.

Beehive Huts, Syria

The dusty-orange, beehive-shaped huts of Tall Mardĭkh, Syria, were built some 200 years ago by an ancient method which has since been lost. The shape and materials of these mud-brick dwellings help them remain cool in summer and warm in winter.

Birds, Germany

Birds fill an orange sky over Germany’s Wattenmeer National Park. This coastal wetland, covered by the sea at high tide, is home to some 3,200 different animals and a popular stopover for many migratory birds.

Orange Coral

A tubastraea coral waves its wispy, orange tentacles near Sangeang Island, Indonesia. Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, but they support one out of every four marine creatures.

Grand Canyon

The pastel-orange of the Grand Canyon’s sandstone walls dominates the view from the vantage known as SB Point. The canyon’s rock layers display a geological history some two billion years old.

Scorpion

Scorpians have survived for hundreds of millions of years by being extremely adaptable. Some, like this orange-colored species in the Grand Canyon, dwell in desert climes, while others inhabit the tropics, temperate forests, and even Himalayan high peaks.

Setting Sun

A burning orange sun sets behind a fringe of pampas grass in Japan. Japan’s nickname, “The Land of the Rising Sun,” is derived from the Chinese ideograph meaning “place of the sun’s origin.”