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Superior Fall Colors

In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize food.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published September 29, 2020
Data acquired September 22, 2020

Source:
NOAA-20 > VIIRS
Collection:
Fall Colors