With the apple harvest at its peak in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, boxes of jonagolds wait to be pressed into cider at Hartland Orchard near Markham, Virginia, on September 17, 2011. #

A man herds a cow at "Klausenalm", near the village of Ginzling in the Austrian province of Tyrol, on September 23, 2011. Traditionally during early autumn, farmers bring down their cattle from mountain pastures back to the valley to their winter stables. #

Visitors look at pumpkins arranged in an exhibit at the Buschmann and Winkelmann pumpkin farm on October 9, 2011 in Beelitz, Germany. The farm, located in Brandenburg state near Berlin, harvests tens of thousands of pumpkins from approximately 40 different kinds between August and October and is known for its elaborate, theme-based pumpkin exhibits. #

A vessel leaves the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, in Cook Inlet, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The mountain in the background is Mount Susitna, also known as the Sleeping Lady, who appears to have a snowy shroud draped over her on October 4, 2011. #

A competitor snorkels during the World Bog Snorkeling Championships on August 28, 2011 in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. In 2012, following the Olympic Games, Llanwrtyd Wells will host the inaugural World Alternative Games. #

Tourists raise a toast in the Schuetzen tent at Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, during the final days of the festival. The 178th Oktoberfest closed on October 3, 2011. #

Tom Lishness steers his boat made from a giant pumpkin during the Pumpkinboat Regatta in Damariscotta, Maine, on October 9, 2011. The regatta included two classes of boats; paddle and the "super-modified" division that uses small outboard motors. #

Fallen maple leaves carpet a lawn across the street from the First Baptist Church of Kingfield, Maine, on September 30, 2011. As trees start showing autumn's golden, orange and red hues, nature lovers aren't the only ones taking note: Scientists are watching trees and making note of time that leave change and drop as they seek to determine climate change's impact. #

Miguel Sandel of Middleborough, Massachusetts, rakes cranberries into a loading tube during an afternoon harvest at the Hannula cranberry bogs in Carver, Massachusetts, on October 4, 2011. Massachusetts cranberry farmers are expecting a robust crop this fall. Researchers said that growing conditions this summer were optimal, with enough hot days interspersed with the right amount of rain. #

A fly fisherman's line hangs in the air momentarily before being sent back to the water's surface on September 29, 2011 on the Coeur d'Alene River near Kingston, Idaho. #

Preschoolers from Growing Place Preschool in Huntington, Indiana, take a hayride during their visit on October 10, 2011, to Campbell's Pumpkin Patch in Wabash, Indiana, #

Judith Espinosa, left, and her daughter Mariana Gonzalez pick vegetables at Pyrah's Pioneer Peak Farm near Palmer, Alaska, on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Fall color blankets Bodenburg Butte in the background. #

Leaves are stuck to a section of road surface in London, England on October 5, 2011. A combination of late summer high temperatures and an early fall of leaves onto a sticky non-slip section of asphalt created a leafy collage. #

A woman with autumn leaves in her hair walks in a procession during the Dazhynki harvest festival in the town of Molodechno, some 50 km (31 miles) northwest of Minsk, on September 30, 2011. #

The sun pokes through tall white pines to shine on a five-inch-tall mushroom at Winslow Park, on September 16, 2011, in Freeport, Maine. The recent cool, wet weather combined with the approach of autumn has brought on a profusion of mushrooms on Maine's forest floors. #

A woman walks over a bridge on the lake Spitzingsee near the village of Spitzingsee in the Alps, southern Germany, on October 9, 2011, after first snow of the season has fallen. #

Leonardo Urena celebrates after his pumpkin won this year's Half Moon Bay giant pumpkin contest in Half Moon Bay, California, Monday, October 10, 2011. The winning pumpkin weighed 1,704 pounds, making it a new California record. The circumference was 195 inches. #

A worker collects grapes for wine during harvest at a vineyard of the Tenuta dell'Ornellaia estate in the village of Castagneto Carducci in Tuscany, on September 21, 2011. #

Grapes are ripe for picking at the Mackinaw Valley Vineyard in Mackinaw, Illinois, on September 22, 2011. Local vineyards are reporting generous yields and flavorful grapes because of exposure to the unrelenting heat this season. Unlike many forms of vegetation, grapes are unique in that they produce intensified flavor when compacted upon the vine by a lack of moisture. #