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Football season!
With the leaves changing colors, I have a question. What exactly makes the colors what they are? Is it the temperatures? type of trees? moisture? Just came back from the mountains of Va and noticed a lot of bright orange and yellows, but coming back here I noticed more and more reds and, whats the right term, "muted" yellow (kind of a darkish golden color). Fall is such a great time of year!
 

Sharon

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Different trees turn different colors. Off the top of my head, I remember it is set off by the diminishing sunlight (shorter days) may be the cooler temperatures also. I've noticed a big change in my neighborhood in the past week.
 
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