No folks, this isn't Afghanistan. And no, I was in no mortal danger when taking pictures of these poppies - and neither was I under the influence of any illicit substances in general, and opium in particular. We simply happened to drive past them in the Czech countryside during the summer holidays. Although I knew of poppy being grown here, I had no idea that the Czech Republic is the world leader in poppy seed production, with around 50000 tons, or over 50% of global output.
Thus these fields are pretty common, unguarded and frankly, quite unspectacular once the red petals finish blooming. Nevertheless, I had my trusty G10 with me, and couldn't resist taking a few images.
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