Fall Foliage 2008

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. 
Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. 

Fall was beginning to color the East Coast of the United States when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on October 12, 2008. Orange touches trees in the north and at higher elevations, where temperatures are cooler. Lower elevations are still green. The fall color follows the sweep of the Appalachian Mountains through Pennsylvania, New York, and into New England. (link to text)
Photo and text of fall foliage in PA taken from Space on October 21, 2008 on the Earth Observatory website:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=36054

 


Witch Hazel and Maples, Clarion River, PA - photo by Carl Harting
Sassafras Leaves, NW PA - photo by Edward Frank

 

Griffey Lake, just north of Bloomington, IN.

photo by Neil Pederson

photo by Neil Pederson

photo by Neil Pederson

 

Adirondacks


 Northern Hardwoods, old Maple- photo by Ron Gonzales
View Northwest - photo by Ron Gonzales

Northern Hardwoods, old Maple- photo by Ron Gonzales

Northern Hardwoods, old Maple- photo by Ron Gonzales
A couple of shots from a hike up West Kill Mt on the western end of the Devil's Path, in the West Kill Wilderness Area of the Catskill Park (NY).  These pictures are all from areas Mike Kudish has identified as first growth forest. It wasn't quite peak color yet, but those old sugar maples sure were beautiful...  I went up to a bog on the shoulder of Kaaterskill High Peak the next weekend, and the colors were really popping. - photos  by Ron Gonzales

 

Black and Rocky Rivers, Ohio


Black River, Ohio Fall 2008. Photos by Steve Galehouse
Black River, Ohio Fall 2008. Photos by Steve Galehouse

Rocky River, Ohio Fall 2008. Photos by Steve Galehouse
Rocky River, Ohio Fall 2008. Photos by Steve Galehouse

Black River, Ohio Fall 2008. Photos by Steve Galehouse

Rocky River, Ohio Fall 2008 Photos by Steve Galehouse

 

Reynoldsville Area, PA


Autumn near Reynoldsville, PA - photo by Ed Frank
Autumn near Reynoldsville, PA - photo by Ed Frank

Autumn near Reynoldsville, PA - photo by Ed Frank
Autumn near Reynoldsville, PA - photo by Ed Frank
Photos by Edward Frank

 

Douglas Falls Area, NC


Dillingham Chestnuts - photo by James Parton
Douglas Falls, NC - photo by James Parton

Douglas Falls Trail, NC - photo by James Parton
Fiery Maples - photo by James Parton


Douglas Falls forest scene - photo by Joy Parton


 Tuliptree - photo by Joy Parton


Gingko


Gingko and Willow Oak Leaves, Calvary Episcopal Church, NC - photo by James Parton

 

Zoar Valley, NY


Zoar Valley, NY, Near the Wildlife Ponds - by Frank Broughton
Zoar Valley, NY, View of North Rim across Valentine Flats - by Frank Broughton

Zoar Valley, NY, View from Lookout Point - by Frank Broughton

http://www.zoarvalley.us 

 


Elm Terrace from on top of 182’ Pyramid Hill - by Frank Broughton
View from Martin’s Point colors just starting - by Frank Broughton

Valentine Flats From the Northern Rim - by Frank Broughton
Wild Life Pond area of Zoar Valley - by Frank Broughton

 

Eastern Kentucky
Left and Above- A reserve just south of Lexington.  Though not was glorious, they represent color in an oak-dominated forest growing on limestone soils of the Inner Bluegrass.   BTW, this forest, though mature 2nd-growth, is less than 20 miles from the earliest settlements in KY and the second largest city in KY.  Despite this, is has a good number of 300-400 yr old chinkapin oaks - photos by Neil Pederson

OG forest, Blanton Forest in KY - photo by Neil Pederson
OG forest, Blanton Forest in KY - photo by Neil Pederson

 

Lake Ontario


Gray dogwood (purple) and fragrant sumac (orange) with common juniper in the background.
Sugar maple and white spruce.
A couple of fall photos from my study sites, a few miles from the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario. - Jess Riddle

 

Eastern Massachusetts

 

 

West Central Massachusetts


Photos from mid-October in west-central Massachusetts -view from Rattlesnake Knob east toward Long Mountain in the Mt Holyoke Range State Park.  October 13, 2008 - photos by Elisa Campbell
Closeup of the trees from the cliff at Rattlesnake Knob.  October 13, 2008- photos by Elisa Campbell


View from Rattlesnake Knob east toward Long Mountain in the Mt Holyoke Range State Park, oak trees in foliage on October 31- photos by Elisa Campbell