Mother Nature bathes the world in color

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Mother Nature bathes the world in color

As fall approaches, the leave are just starting to turn, but in the past, Mother Nature has wowed nature lovers with her pallet of orange, red, green and brown. Take a look at some of the beautiful shots of nature.

Five-year-old Margaux Amieva-Unger hands a leaf she had picked to her babysitter, Rebecca Kushner, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/David Boe)

Fall colors show near the Chenualt Bridge and Herrington Lake near Danville, Ky., on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/The Advocate-Messenger, Clay Jackson)

A leaf falls from a maple tree, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at Alms Park in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Framed by fall colors, a fisherman tries his luck on the West Branch of the Rocky River in Olmsted Falls Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. Dry, seasonable weather is forecast for northeast Ohio through the weekend before rain returns early next week. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Brian Mitchell uses his trolling motor to inch along Flint Creek beneath a canopy of ever changing leaves, Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 17, 2012 in Decatur, Ala. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)

Trees with fall leaves surround homes in Overland Park, Kan., on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, John Sleezer)

Fall leaves are reflected in a lagoon in the Rocky River Reservation in Olmsted Township, Ohio Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Colorful fall leaves frame a series of waterfalls on the East Branch of the Rocky River in Berea, Ohio Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Backdropped by the Schesaplana mountain, a family walks along a lake-side mountain path during a mild and sunny autumn day above Schiers, Swiss canton of Grisons, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone/Arno Balzarini)

Snow covers the peaks of the Presidential Range as colors in the valley below change in this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 in Jefferson, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

A woman walks underneath autumn leaves near Erfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. Weather forecasts predict changeable autumnal weather conditions in Germany for the upcoming days. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Autumn colors the leaves of trees as the sun hits a red brick house on Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Autumn colors the leaves of trees in Vondelpark as commuters ride their bicycles to work in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Peak colors art seen along the Kancamagus Highway, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 in Albany, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

The splendor of fall leaf colors painted the shoreline on the Minneapolis side of the Mississippi River, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Bicyclists took advantage of warmer than usual temperatures and colorful trees as they rode on Mississippi River Blvd., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Leaf peepers are seen on the shore of Lake Chocorau, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 in Tamworth, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Leaves begin to turn peak colors at the The Middle Falls of the Ammonoosuc River Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Crawford's Purchase, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

The Corning Tower, left, the Executive Mansion and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception are shrouded in fog and autumn colors Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

The trees overlooking the Sioux Falls in Sioux Falls, S.D. change colors Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, as autumn gets under way. (AP Photo/Amber Hunt)

Fall foliage is begining in the White Mountain National forest, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in Jefferson, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Leaves along the Androscoggin River are at peak color, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in Berlin, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

In this Sept. 12, 2012 photo, red leaves hang from a tree in Greensboro, Vt. After images of Tropical Storm Irene scared away leaf peepers last fall, tourists are heading back to see the Northeast's fall foliage a year later and aren't worried about how the dry summer might affect the color. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Five-year-old Margaux Amieva-Unger hands a leaf she had picked to her babysitter, Rebecca Kushner, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/David Boe)

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