{"id":90863,"date":"2024-10-22T09:12:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T16:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=90863"},"modified":"2024-10-22T09:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T16:12:23","slug":"wake-me-up-when-september-ends-a-collection-of-the-emo-essence-of-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=90863","title":{"rendered":"Wake Me Up When September Ends – A Collection of the Emo Essence of September."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October may be the spooky season, but September is emo in the Chugach National Forest. The landscape takes on a darker, more introspective tone. Everything becomes adorned in dark colors, the sun shows itself less and less every day, and the scent of fermentation and decay fills your nose. Blood red reigns over the dwarf resin birch leaves, a striking contrast against the darkening landscape. The fireweed transforms from red to maroon to a brown so deep that it almost appears black, with a captivating, fiery center. The once pure white yarrow takes on a new dark persona, claiming, \u201cIt\u2019s not a phase, Mom.\u201d Though seeming ghostly as it hangs after the consistent rains, the soggy cottongrass adds an ethereal beauty to the red and brown autumn muskeg. In its final act, False hellebore is bored of it all and dramatically falls to the ground, taking its neighbors with it. The once vibrant green sphagnum moss dons its red dress for September, a stunning transformation amid decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dwarf resin birch leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fiery fireweed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yarrow already mourning it’s own demise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tall cottongrass <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sphagnum in mid September<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Honorable mention- blueberry in the muskeg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Clouds shroud the sky in gloom. Fog rolls through the mountains, engulfing you in its blanket of comfort. Bright reds and oranges glow from the few sunsets and sunrises you witness. Mushrooms appear in immense volumes as their mycelium works to decompose the organisms that weren\u2019t metal enough to survive the changing season. Salmon move slowly in the streams, taking their last breath as their friends rot around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wood ear mushroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Angel wing mushrooms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spawned out chum salmon decaying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fireweed blanketed in fog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunrise in Turnagain Arm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n