When does the gorge look it's best during fall?

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Barnacle Ben wrote:Rain and cold, or cold rain and snow?
lookin' out the window at the cold rain... oh, that's why this thread is still on

anyone climbing this weekend?
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bcombs wrote:Ben, I read that in the voice of the guy that just won America's got talent. Touching!
:lol: I saw that, amazing how much America is a bunch of sissies that won't vote for someone who actually deserves it. I already feel embarrased for that guy when he performs in Vegas.

By the way, not knockin the dude, just the fact that he won. It would be about the same as me and my mad average skills winning a real climbing comp!

Thanks for the Dead tune Ben, I needed that.
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No doubt.. every performance that guy gave was a "touching and emotional performance". Those three aren't qualified to judge anything more than a community teen pageant.
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Post by Wes »

So, the leaves are really starting to change now - not yet peaking, but there are some really colorful trees here and there, and the rest don't look to far behind. Maybe sometime this week to the weekend...
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Yeah, driving to Eastern Sky Bridge on Sunday was beautiful because you drive through patches of bright yellow trees and the leaves are falling all around you. But when you get a bigger view, there are still more green trees than bright colors.
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jenbongo wrote:But when you get a bigger view, there are still more green trees than bright colors.
Oaks.

They take some time to turn, and by that time most of the other trees will be bare. I think that including the green, it's 'peaking' right now...

but i like sugar maples the best, and they're on fire right now.
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End of November when you can see all that beautiful rock without any leaves in the way.
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I thought it looked pretty good on sunday, maybe it will get better? :roll:
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Post by caribe »

fall colors are from anthocyanin pigments. Different species produce different molecules and these molecules are different colors. These molecules are always present at all times of the year in the leaf. However the chlorophyll masks them during the spring and summer. The actual presentation is a complicated function of how much pigmentation evolved during the growing season and how the chlorophyll ebbs out of the leaf and the DNA of the organism.

checkout the anthocyanins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin
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I realize the question was not science-relate but I just love being a smart ass.
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