16 Gorgeous Photos of Gold From Our Readers

Meghan DeRoma

"Parc guell in the summer in the early morning "

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In the final days of the Olympics, we have been paying a lot of attention to gold ? both the color and what it symbolizes. As Olympic athletes vie for the iconic medal, we took a look at how our readers view "gold" in their everyday lives.

So for this week's Photo Challenge, we asked you to send in your own gold.

The color brought to mind images of warmth, wealth and success, and these 16 pictures show off those ideas.

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