As the days get shorter, the green pigment in leaves that a tree uses to turn light into food starts to disappear. What's left is glorious fall color. Click through and see fall foliage at its finest. Here, a hedgehog sits near maple leaves..
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Mabel Lake in Wisconsin.
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Sycamore maple in Tirol, Austria.
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Norway maple leaves.
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Geese in front of an autumn backdrop.
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Autumnal leaves in Beijing.
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Nitobe Garden, University of British Columbia.
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Sweetgum leaf.
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A little girl and her babysitter play with leaves in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Half Dome rock in Yosemite National Park, Calif.
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Sun shines in a forest.
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Shore of Lake Chocorau, Tamworth, N.H.
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Maple leaves in England.
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Fall leaves in Olmsted Township, Ohio.
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A young family in a park.
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Leaves frame the Rocky River in Berea, Ohio.
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A man and his granddaughter play in a park in Minsk, Belarus.
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A small ant climbs over fall leaves at Stewart Park in Roseburg, Ore.
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The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., peeks through fall leaves.
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A fisherman tries his luck on the West Branch of the Rocky River in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.
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A rainbow spans colorful trees in Lawrence, Kan.
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A recreation department worker in Chambersburg, Penn., clears leaves left by superstorm Sandy.
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As the days get shorter, the green pigment in leaves that a tree uses to turn light into food starts to disappear. What's left is glorious fall color. Click through and see fall foliage at its finest. Here, a hedgehog sits near maple leaves..