October 23, 2009
Stretches of FR 300, 321 and 218C last weekend offered an extravagance of fall colors. The yellow colors in fall leaves come from leftover compounds called xanthophylis and carotenoids that shine through once the green chlorophyll fades away.
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Crazy for color
Seeking fall’s chromatic clues to happiness and balling babies
So I’m just sitting here on the banks of the East Verde, my brain sparking from a contact high with yellow.
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