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Headline: Japan's Stunning Autumn Colours Seen From Space

Caption: Leaves have already dropped from the trees across much of the Northern Hemisphere, but in Japan, some areas still displayed autumnal color in late November 2021. On November 29, 2021, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired this natural-color image of north-central Kyushu, the most southerly of Japan’s four largest islands. Colourful vegetation is visible across the mountainsides and lowlands in Aso-Kuju National Park. Prime autumn foliage in Japan generally shows up first in Hokkaido, the country’s northernmost region, where colorful leaves are usually in full display by mid- to late-September. But in the country’s more southern regions, colorful foliage can persist into early December. Autumn leaves have been a part of Japanese culture for thousands of years, showing up in poetry during the Nara period (710–794), and sought out by common people who journeyed to see them starting in the middle of the Edo period (1603–1868). Leaf peeping in Japan is known as Momijiari, which translates to “red leaf hunting.”

Keywords: satellite,space,kyushu,winter,fall,nature,trees,autumn,Japan

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