Lotus flower 3

This will be the last of the Lotus pics I hope. I love these flowers and have been obsessively taking quite a few shots of them lately. A few days ago we had a really bad heat wave which reached 46 degrees Celsius/ 114.8 degrees Fahrenheit in the city, other parts of the country got up even higher and most of these gorgeous flowers were burnt to a crisp. A couple that managed to grow in a shadier section just managed to survive. Most of the shopping malls where just crowded from people trying to keep cool in the aircon. What a day!