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Quaking Aspen Trees
Quaking aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains are resplendent in shimmering foliage and white bark.

Photograph by Roy Toft

PHOTOGRAPHY

Patterns in Nature: Trees

See tree bark photos, from National Geographic.

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