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Detail of a viburnum leaf
August 21, 2011

Viburnum Leaf

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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.

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Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic

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