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A country road leads to striking yellow aspen and deep Colorado-blue skies.

Golden Fall aspen on a picture-perfect day in the San Juan National Forest. In autumn, the blue of the Colorado skies deepens and the quaking aspen (populus tremuloides) turn from green to gold, creating scenes like this. The numerous country roads that crisscross the San Juans all hold enormous compositional potential.