True colours revealed! For most of the year, chlorophyll fills the leaves producing energy for the tree. The green is the reflected light spectrum we see. In the fall, the tree turns toward rest and energy conservation for the winter months. Energy production stops – no more green. The brilliant colours are revealed as theContinue reading “Brilliant Closure”
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Quaking Aspen
As humans and likely many other creatures, what we see, what we pay attention to and what interests us, is contrast – light vs dark, brilliant vs muted, warm vs cold – and the more detail, the more focus. The beautiful golden leaves, the graphic contrast of white trunks against the dark and the confusionContinue reading “Quaking Aspen”