{"id":5636,"date":"2022-10-26T14:16:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T18:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=5636"},"modified":"2022-11-06T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T14:30:40","slug":"fall-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=5636","title":{"rendered":"Fall Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fall-colors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5637\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fall-colors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fall-colors.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fall-colors-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autumn transforms the landscape. The obvious occurs in <em><strong>deciduous<\/strong><\/em> forests around the country.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0But<\/span>\u00a0in dunes and salt marshes of Hatteras Island change is revealed in other ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goldenrod.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5638\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goldenrod.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goldenrod.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/goldenrod-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Fall, flowering plants such as <strong><em>goldenrod<\/em><\/strong>, attract migrant <em><strong>m<\/strong><strong>onarchs<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cottonbush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5639\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cottonbush.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cottonbush.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cottonbush-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A mostly inconspicuous coastal shrub, <em><strong>sea myrtle<\/strong><\/em> bursts out in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1-h.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5640\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1-h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1-h.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1-h-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Salicornia bigelovii<\/strong><\/em> is a striking plant of the salt marsh. Also known as <em><strong>dwarf glasswort<\/strong><\/em>, it&#8217;s succulent, salty and edible. The above photo shows it surrounded\u00a0by spartina and juncus grasses. Sprouting lime green during warmer months, it grows about a foot tall and gradually turns crimson as the season cools down<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5642\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its brilliance astounds me whenever I see it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5643\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/3-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Glasswort<\/strong><\/em> develops seeds to propagate and eventually decomposes, making organic matter available to a variety of organisms. The salt marsh is truly alive and a valuable resource!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autumn transforms the landscape. The obvious occurs in deciduous forests around the country.\u00a0But\u00a0in dunes and salt marshes of Hatteras Island change is revealed in other ways. In Fall, flowering plants such as goldenrod, attract migrant monarchs. A mostly inconspicuous coastal shrub, sea myrtle bursts out in spectacular fashion. Salicornia bigelovii is a striking plant of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outer-banks","category-vegetation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5636"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5670,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636\/revisions\/5670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}