Why Autumn Leaves Change Color
A two-minute illustrated science explainer that turns leaf chemistry into a visual cause-and-effect story.
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Why it works
The leaf inset by 2 s turns a familiar picture into an inspectable mechanism before the verbal correction near 10.6 s. Shot 5 holds one diagram for 31.83 s while its actors change, and shots 8–10 confirm the visible result then reconnect it to resource recovery.
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