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A story for all you pixel peeping, fall foliage fanatics:

One upon an autumnal night a biiiiig, cooold, storm came along. Brrrr...

Oh, how the aspens did quake!

Their leaves suffered bravely but did freeze,


They became brown and black with frostbite,


Though a few survived,




Naked were others as they were changing out of their fall finery,


But take heart brave little soul, color still exists even without the yesterday's beloved aspens,


Now go the %*#@ to sleep!


(For the adults, and god do I hope there aren't any around here, large color displays in the Eastern Sierra above 9K limited or gone, below still possible by the end of October, all images Oct. 8 & 9, 2011),

Stuff is just starting to turn down here in B-town, so there's plenty of color left to be had! I found this shot from here in town, my first fall here (October, 2008):



So there's potential for some gorgeous contrast, especially with the bright yellow rabbitbrush, the cottonwoods, and the mountains in the not-so-far distance!

MooseTracks wrote: I found this shot from here in town, my first fall here (October, 2008):

Brilliant! Wow, very colorful. Vibrant

Here's my lil' contribution

From today's workout just outside of Mammoth...













Sorry about the variable quality. All shots with my phone...

The aspens in the Sweetwaters are all just about at peak color

The Little Walker River drainage is nearing peak. Same with the Conway Summit area. It's amazing how much color change occurs each day.

Crooked Creek Meadow

Whiskey Creek

The Eastern Sierra from my yard....

Some local neighborhood "Colors" of the Whites I took this morning on the way back from Bishop....

Emigrant Wilderness last weekend --

Relief Reservoir




Relief Peak


A little snow & rain in the morning @ 9000-ish feet -

Spent the weekend on the annual campout with my parents in The Valley. Not too much going yet, some frostbite from the storm, but potential is still there. The meadows were nice, and it was great to see water flowing over all the falls:











Stopped in Lee Vining Canyon, Lundy Canyon, Parker Lake, and June Lake on the way home:

LVC:



Carnage from last week's storms:







Lundy:





Parker/Silver Lakes (June Lake Loop)











Hoping to hit Convict/McGee this week sometime!

-L

From Upper Rock Creek, October 6

From Sequoia National Monument along the Great Western Divide Hwy on October 14, 2011.

Hell, I'll add one.

Outside of Estes Park (Colorado)