알라스카 디날리 공원의 가을: Autumn in Denali Park

ALAN TAYLOR

Summers in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve are short seasons, followed by even shorter autumns, then long, cold winters. Located just 250 miles south of the Arctic Circle, the park is home to more than 200 species of animals, all now in the midst of preparation for the coming snows. The autumn colors in this subarctic wilderness burst to life in September, as yellow leaves of birch and aspen trees dot the forests, and shrubs and grasses give a rusty shade to mountain slopes.

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  Grizzly bears search for blueberries in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve. 

  Jacob W. Frank / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) in Denali National Park, photographed on August 19, 2011. 

  Becky Bohrer / AP
  
  

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  An onlooker watches the aurora borealis glow high above the Alaska Range on September 3, 2006, in Denali National Park. 

  M. Scott Moon / AP
  
  

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  A moose walks through vegetation in Denali National Park on September 1, 2015. 

  Becky Bohrer / AP
  
  

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  Fall colors splash across Government Hill. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  A Dall sheep lounges on a ridgeline on September 2, 2015. 

  Becky Bohrer / AP
  
  

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  A view of Denali on September 1, 2015. According to the National Park Service, the summit elevation of Denali is 20,320 feet, making it the highest mountain peak in North America. 

  Lance King / Getty
  
  

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  A yellow canopy of quaking aspen trees. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  A stormy autumn day in the park. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  Fall colors, 2009. 

  CC BY-SA VirtKitty
  
  

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  Tundra swans in flight in Denali National Park. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  An Alaska Railroad train travels through Denali National Park on September 3, 2015. 

  Becky Bohrer / AP
  
  

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  Savage Rock in fall. 

  Jacob W. Frank / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  Bearberry plants in fall, photographed on September 1, 2010.

  CC BY-SA Doug Knuth
  
  

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  Along the Park Road. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  Black spruce trees silhouetted against the Northern Lights. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  Water droplets on fall foliage. 

  Tim Rains / Denali National Park and Preserve
  
  

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  Fall colors in Denali, photographed in September of 2009. 

  Robb Hannawacker