<p>Autumn colors in Kobuk Valley from bearberry, dwarf birch and willow are striking against an old sun-bleached skull from a male caribou. Both the red foliage and the skull speak to the inevitable death of all living things.
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White skull surrounded by red and yellow vegetation.
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