The image above shows autumn color around Elizabethtown, New York. This relatively unbroken forested landscape puts on a trusted show of seasonal color. Other locations had the ideal recipe for fall color: a cool, damp summertime followed by a cool, dry autumn. In northern New York, leaf color was expected to be dynamic, but peak later on in the season than normal.
Around 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Elizabethtown, forests near the town of North Hudson were also seeing vibrant displays of fall color (image listed below). From North Hudson, the Blue Ridge Road winds to the west and bisects the Hoffman Notch and Dix Mountain wilderness areas.
North Hudson on October 8, 2022.
This relatively unbroken forested landscape puts on a reputable program of seasonal color. Eastern larches also put on a showy display, however on this conifer, it is the needles, not leaves, that turn brilliant golden yellow in fall.
Fall color reaches its peak when air temperatures drop and reduced daytime activates plants to slow and stop the production of chlorophyll– the particle that plants use to manufacture food. When the green chlorophyll pigment fades, various yellow and red pigments become noticeable.
Forecasters had called for fall color to underwhelm leaf-peepers this year in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, main New England, and southeastern New York, where below-average rainfall during summer season had triggered trees to end up being stressed. Other locations had the right dish for fall color: a cool, wet summer followed by a cool, dry fall. In northern New York, leaf color was expected to be vibrant, however peak later in the season than normal.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat information from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Adirondack Mountains in northeast New York on October 8, 2022.
Vibrant leaf color in northeast New York has not dissatisfied leaf-peepers.
Dry conditions in the summer season of 2022 dulled fall foliage in lots of parts of the United States. There were some locations where leaf color still popped, consisting of the Adirondack Mountains in northeast New York.
Leaves in the Adirondacks were at peak or near-peak color for the season on October 8, 2022, when the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 obtained these satellite images.
Elizabethtown on October 8, 2022.
The image above shows autumn color around Elizabethtown, New York. The town, which lies roughly 40 miles (60 kilometers) southwest of Burlington, Vermont, has actually long been called the “eastern gateway of the Adirondacks.” Much of the striking yellow foliage in this image is west of the town, within the Hurricane Mountain Wilderness, a 13,784-acre part of the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
