At an altitude of 1,500 meters in Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, colorful foliage has transformed the mountains into a natural palette as winter is right around the corner. 

(All images taken by Guo Pengbo, a senior forestry engineer in Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve.)

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