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Fall Colors in the Allegheny Mountains
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Fall Colors in the Allegheny Mountains

Brilliant orange leaves paint the mountains of northern Pennsylvania in this natural-color image acquired on October 13, 2010.

Published Oct 16, 2010

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Check Out These Colors, Maine!
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Check Out These Colors, Maine!

In October, the state transitions form north to south with vibrant displays of peak autumn foliage.

Published Oct 22, 2017

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Superior Fall Colors
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Superior Fall Colors

In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize food.

Published Sep 29, 2020

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Activity at Kizimen Volcano
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Activity at Kizimen Volcano

Clouds obscured Kizimen Volcano’s plume in this true-color satellite image, but in false-color the plume shows up clearly.

Published Nov 2, 2012

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Fall Colors Arriving
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Fall Colors Arriving

A process that occurs on a micro scale in trees shows up on a macro scale in satellite imagery.

Published Sep 30, 2014

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Fall Color in the U.S. Northeast
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Fall Color in the U.S. Northeast

Fall was beginning to color the East Coast of the United States when MODIS captured this image on October 12, 2008.

Published Oct 18, 2008

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New England’s Fall Colors
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New England’s Fall Colors

Published Nov 28, 2002

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Fall Colors in the Mid-Atlantic
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Fall Colors in the Mid-Atlantic

Fall colors swept across the Mid-Atlantic during October 2012.

Published Oct 26, 2012

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 Autumn Colors in North America
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Autumn Colors in North America

Peak autumn colors have arrived in some parts of the eastern United States and Canada.

Published Oct 26, 2017

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Fall Colors in Pennsylvania
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Fall Colors in Pennsylvania

Cooler temperatures and shorter days have transformed Pennsylvania’s forests.

Published Oct 30, 2013

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Phytoplankton off South African Coast
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Phytoplankton off South African Coast

Published Apr 25, 2003

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From Green to Brown
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From Green to Brown

In a span of just 11 days, fall colors swept over the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia.

Published Oct 4, 2012

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