In October, 10 hours of daylight is the average. This part of Khabarovsk territory often sees average highs in the -30s ☌ (-20s ☏) by December, a month when the area receives just 6 hours of daylight.
The spruce and pine forests higher up in the hills, meanwhile, retained their green needles, as they will through the bitterly cold winter to come.ĭue to the frigid winds that sweep through in winter, the tallest mountains in this area are topped with short alpine vegetation and few trees. But the valleys had become more muted and brown by October, as leaves withered and dropped.
In September, valleys in the area had burst with brilliant yellows and oranges as birches, larch, and other deciduous vegetation reached peak color. When the Landsat 8 satellite acquired this natural-color image of the Dzhugdzhur Mountains, chilly autumn and winter weather had begun to leave its mark on the remote landscape in Russia’s Far East.įall color had come and mostly gone.
