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Cottonwoods explode with fall splendor as sun dips below cloud.
Photo: Brax - VPC
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Mesilla Valley by Autumn Light.
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Cottonwood stands as a beacon over valley farm at sunset.
Photo: Brax/VPC |
W
hen driving through the Mesilla Valley in the fall there are many different images, especially in the fall, that captivate not only the eye... but the senses. And in that moment the beholder of such beauty is ever more alive. Ironic that the fall colors bring our attention back to nature just as spring blossoms and budding leaves do after a long winter.
Although not Vermont, New England or Colorado; our Mesilla Valley, Chihuahuan Desert and Rocky Mountain terrain all bring us a bountiful bouquet of color to tied up over until spring.
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A touch of vivid reds, burgandies and rusts over a pond.
Photo: File - VPC
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Blessed with the Rio Grande winding through our valley region you the moisture from the river, alfalfa fields or canals can cause the Cottonwoods to advance into varying stages of metamorphosis. One still green with touches of yellow, another ablaze with bright gold and others in a whole array of bronze and rust.
One delightful treat is to see a distant Cottonwood lighting up the horizon of rusts and browns with its bright yellow. It looks as though a drop of yellow paint has fallen on a more subdued and predictable canvas.
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Autumn sunlight filters through bright yellow ash tree.
Photo: File |
Depending upon the level of rain, mist, fog or snow and the advance of sub-freezing temperatures; the valley reflects the transformation from Indian Summer to leafless and brown winter in many different stages. The composition of the trees against the backdrop of the Organ Mountains or the desert also make for a variation of the enchantment.
Prepared by UVL staff.
Photos: Brax - Valley Publishing Company
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