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Even a healthy apple is susceptible to bitter pit, a disorder that marks the skin with black splotches and ruins the fruit’s flesh.

The Western United States has experienced an unprecedented number of wildfires in recent years, and some have ripped across the Owyhees, leaving splotches of burned land behind.

A lone splotch of orange poppies was also visible.

In visible-light imaging from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, these appeared as separate splotches.

The ball splotching into a puddle of water was Ruidiaz demonstrating how unplayable the grass field was for the Sounders’ road match Saturday against the Philadelphia Union.