It was a spectacular fall day.

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It was not clear whether the family, hiking on Mist Trail from the Happy Isles Trailhead, intended to go all the way to spectacular Vernal Fall, less than a mile from the footbridge.

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"It grows in wetter areas in the park, and it's spectacular in the fall, " Sandt says.

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The fallout from Livedoor's spectacular rise and fall has affected Japan's whole financial community.

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" Sold in shopping malls and discount stores and not just small computer stores -- the norm for the time -- the C64 became many people's gateway into the world of computers, said Brian Bagnall, author of "On the edge: The spectacular rise and fall of Commodore.

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In the fall, take a drive through the country to see the spectacular colours of the fiery mountainside.

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Steep slopes rise and fall on either side as the narrow road zigzags through progressively spectacular landscape with the snow-capped Himalayas in the distance.

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