Picture of the day - November 28, 2007

Autumn in the North Georgia Mountains

Photo courtesy of Kyle Burdg. The hills and mountains of New England are famous for providing "leaf peepers" with mile after mile of spectacular scenery every fall, and for good reason. But as today's picture by photographer Kyle Burdg clearly shows, the southern Appalachians are pretty easy on the eyes as well. Every year as summer turns into fall, the leaves start changing colors in the northern Appalachians, and day by day and week by week God's magnificent mosaic slowly expands southward until it reaches the range's southern tip way down in Georgia. As the colors move south, each town, city and rural area that lies along the "route" takes its turn at basking in the glow of the peak of its "leaf season". With this wonderful photograph, Mr. Burdg managed to capture every "ounce" of beauty available when the colors were at their very best! The following is his story behind the image: "This picture was taken in mid-November of this year in the North Georgia mountains. The route from Helen, GA to Hiawassee takes you through about 10 miles (a guess) and probably 40 turns. This is a great area to drive through any time of the year, and I was happy to catch the last good weekend of the fall colors before the leaves fell off."   --Kyle Burdg You can enjoy more of Mr. Burdg's fantastic photographs when you visit his website.   Click here to comment on this picture.   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"