Leaves change from green to orange and brown across the United States and Canada.
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Brilliant orange leaves paint the mountains of northern Pennsylvania in this natural-color image acquired on October 13, 2010.
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Deciduous trees in northern Utah paint the mountains in shades of red, orange, yellow, and purple.
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Clouds obscured Kizimen Volcano’s plume in this true-color satellite image, but in false-color the plume shows up clearly.
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Water Color
Fall was beginning to color the East Coast of the United States when MODIS captured this image on October 12, 2008.
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In northern Sweden, bursts of fall color fill valleys before the darkness of winter descends.
Acquired March 28, 2009, these images provide two views of Arizona’s Painted Desert.
A process that occurs on a micro scale in trees shows up on a macro scale in satellite imagery.
Phytoplankton, sediment, and dissolved organic matter all likely contributed to the green colors of the North Sea in late October 2011.
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