Photos: Fall colors on Mt. Lemmon
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Star photographer Mike Christy ventured up the Catalina Highway on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in search of changing leaves.
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees around Summerhaven on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Ski Valley on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Mike Sheldon, left, and Sean Youssef hike in the late afternoon while the colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees around the Steward Observatory on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent against the burn scar from the Aspen Fire in the trees around Summerhaven on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Zeff Keener bends down to photograph a Lego toy for a photo series he's continually adding to near the Steward Observatory on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in trees north of Summerhaven on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees in Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees around Summerhaven on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Ski Valley on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Mike Sheldon, left, and Sean Youssef hike in the late afternoon while the colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees near Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees around the Steward Observatory on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent against the burn scar from the Aspen Fire in the trees around Summerhaven on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Zeff Keener bends down to photograph a Lego toy for a photo series he's continually adding to near the Steward Observatory on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in trees north of Summerhaven on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
The colors of autumn make themselves apparent in the trees in Marshall Gulch on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalinas. You'll see the most color south of the village in Marshall Gulch, west of town along East Carter Canyon Road and toward Ski Valley on north toward the Steward Observatory.
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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