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a swallowtail butterfly on a birch tree in Minnesota

Springing Back to Life

Over 93 days in 2014, National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg shot springtime images in his home state of Minnesota. This image of a swallowtail butterfly on a birch tree was captured on day 84 of his project.

See more pictures from the April 2016 magazine story "Watch Spring Turn Into Summer, One Picture at a Time."

Photograph by Jim Brandenburg