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November 3, 2011

Leaves, Cascade Lake

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In New York’s Adirondacks, ash and maple leaves float on Cascade Lake, mere particles in the biomass the park sheds every autumn in the form of fallen leaves.

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Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic

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