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Denali rolls out tundra carpet for autumn

DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska (AP) — Denali rolled out her fabled tundra carpet for visitors in mid-August, sprawling acres of fiery red, orange, green and gold, lush with wild berries and wildlife preparing for winter.

Tiny pink blossoms at the peak of otherwise bare fireweed, and the sudden presence of Jack Frost all over this six million acre national park and preserve signaled the abrupt...

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