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If you’re finding that fall foliage in Los Angeles leaves something to be desired, you don’t have to journey too far for a fun “leaf-spotting” getaway. In Mammoth Lakes, greens have been turning into yellows and oranges and golds this season (see this fall color update), but hurry to catch the colors: winter’s around the corner.

Meadow and Morning Fog, Half Dome and Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park, California. April 21, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved. Early morning fog above an oak-studded meadow in Yosemite Valley, with the cliffs of Half Dome and Glacier Point above. Yosemite National Park, California.

Crews to continue scouring Fossett crash site - San Jose Mercury News October 3, 2008 – 9:42 am Telegraph.co.uk Crews to continue scouring Fossett crash site San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago By TRACIE CONE and MARCUS WOHLSEN AP Writers MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.—Search teams planned to hike back Friday

AP - More than a year after the mysterious disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with enough human remains for DNA testing.

Terrain, other factors limited CAP’s search for Fossett Posted in News on October 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm by Community Editor Vivian Silvestri News that wreckage found in the rugged eastern Sierra Nevada mountains of California is that of Steve Fossett’s plane was met with relief today by Civil Air

Parsons Peak and Tarn, Sunset Parsons Peak and Tarn, Sunset. Yosemite National Park, California. September 7, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved. Alpenglow from sunset on Parsons Peak and surrounding rocky slopes reflected in a small rocky alpine tarn in an alpine meadow above Townsley Lake, Yosemite National Park, California.

Evening, Tenaya Lake, From Near Olmsted Point Evening, Tenaya Lake, From Near Olmsted Point. Yosemite National Park, California. September 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved. Black and white photograph of early evening light on Tenaya Lake and surrounding valley and peaks as viewed from near Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park, California.

Road to Camp Five, left side

A man hiking in a remote part of Mammoth Lakes in California’s Sierra Nevada found a pilot’s license and an FAA card, both bearing the name of aviator Steve Fossett. Authorities are now trying to verify the IDs and other items for authenticity.

A hiker in the Sierra wilderness has found personal papers believed to be those of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett. Fossett was the first person to sail around the world solo in a balloon (2002) and disappeared Sept. 3, 2007, after taking off in a single-engine plane that left from Nevada.