Up on the ridgetop to watch the sunrise, seven distinct layers of red in the smog over State College, itself hidden by another wooded ridge. A jay wakes up and screams like a Hollywood eagle.
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Header image: detail from Paper Garden by Clive Hicks-Jenkins (used by permission)
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