Vibrant fall colors on Fall Creek near the Sacramento River in northern Shasta County, California, USA.

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This is Fall Creek in Shasta County, California, USA. On this particular late fall day it was aptly named indeed. I captured this image from the edge of Riverside Road which parallels the mighty Sacramento River into which the water flowing under my feet emptied in to just a few minutes later. A common deciduous tree in this area is the Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum), the leaves of which turn a vibrant yellow before falling and carpeting the ground in a gorgeous orange-brown cover.

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Size: 3912px × 5868px
Location: Shasta County, California, USA
Photo credit: © Mike Lee / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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