Article posted: 10/6/2012 6:00 AM

Autumn colors beginning to show in Southeast

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The trees are beginning to change color on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Williamson County, Tenn. The fall foliage season is expected to be colorful in much of the Southeast.

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Trees display yellow leaves on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Williamson County, Tenn. As days get shorter and nights become chillier, the annual fall foliage show is getting under way in the Southern Appalachians.

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As days get shorter and nights become chillier, the annual fall foliage show is getting under way in the Southeast. The first colors are beginning to show in the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is a popular draw for tourists in October.