46 Nebraskaland • November 2019
A rainbow over the Republican River in Red Willow County seems especially colorful after the leaves
have fallen.
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dmittedly, the return to the Midwest seem ed like a heavy
dose of blah compared to the vibrant scenes we had just
witnessed down south. In addition, it was quite dissimilar
to the scene the same vegetation had given us just weeks and
months before. For then, those green trees and plants were busy
using light and water to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen and the
sugar they need to live and grow.