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August 21, 2011
August 21, 2011
Viburnum Leaf
Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
The palette of the Adirondack forest shifts with the seasons. In the delicate tracery of a viburnum leaf, summer’s green gives way to autumn’s red as chlorophyll fades and underlying pigments emerge.
See more pictures from the September 2011 feature story "Forever Wild."
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