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![US-WEATHER-CHERRY BLOSSOMS Cherry trees blossom around the Tidal Basin at sunrise near the Jefferson Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, April 11, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms Bloom Blooming cherry trees are viewed near the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-9.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms Begin To Bloom People walk past a blooming Cherry Blossom trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. on April 8, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms Bloom The blossoms of cherry trees in bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms Bloom Heidi Pham, from Minneapolis, poses for photographs among the blooming cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![US-WEATHER-CHERRY BLOSSOMS Cherry trees blossom near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC, April 11, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms Begin To Bloom Blooming Cherry Blossom trees are seen at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. April 8, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Washington D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms Bloom The blossoms of cherry trees hang over the Tidal Basin at sunrise in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2015 .](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![US-WEATHER-CHERRY BLOSSOMS Cherry trees blossom around the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, April 11, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cherry-blossom-dc-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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