Marcellina Mountain, Colorado 科羅拉多的瑪塞麗娜山
Photograph by Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures 攝影:提姆•斐茲哈里斯(Tim Fitzharris)/明登圖片
Colorado's Raggeds Wilderness—named for peaks like Marcellina Mountain—turns to gold in autumn. The wilderness covers nearly 65,000 acres (26,000 hectares) of the White River and Gunnison National Forests. It includes some of the world's largest stands of fast-growing aspen trees, which can gain 5 feet (1.5 meters) in a year.
科羅拉多崎嶇不平的莽原區——被命名的各個山峰,比如瑪塞麗娜山——秋天的時候就變成金色了。這個莽原區占了懷特河和甘尼森國家森林將近6萬5千英畝(約2萬6千公頃)的土地。這片莽原區包括了幾塊世界上最大的顫楊林地。這些顫楊樹增長非常迅速,一年內可以長高5英尺(約1.5米)。