It’s an annual New England rite-of-passage: taking a drive through orange and red forests, snapping pictures and appreciating the show that the trees put on in the autumn.

Now that temperatures have started to cool, foliage will start to come out in northern Maine.

Some trees have started to develop orange leaves due to stress from the ongoing drought, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Maine won’t see picturesque mountainsides this fall.

Overall, the foliage this season is still “expected to be terrific, with brilliant reds, oranges and golds that draw visitors every year,” according to Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry spokesperson Jim Britt.

The fall foliage forecast by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is released weekly

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