It’s starting to feel like my favorite time of year once more—the autumnal equinox took place last week, marking the end of summer and the start of fall across the Northern Hemisphere. Autumn is the season of harvests, festivals, migrations, winter preparations, and of course, spectacular foliage. Across the north, people are just beginning to feel a crisp chill in the evening air, leaves are splashing mountainsides with bright color, apples and pumpkins are being gathered, and animals are on the move. Collected here are some early images from this year's autumn—more will come later as the season unfolds.
Fall Is in the Air
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The aspen leaves are bright yellow in the Colorado high country near Ward, Colorado, on September 23, 2016. This weekend was considered peak viewing season for the fall foliage. #
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Visitors to the 2016 Oktoberfest beer festival walk through one of the main streets called 'Matthias-Pschorr-Strasse' at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2016 in Munich, Germany. #
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Brian Marshall poses for a picture with his 139.5kg pumpkin which won the Heaviest Pumpkin Competition at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground, in Harrogate, England, on September 16, 2016. #
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Wheat stalks during sunset in a field of the Solgonskoye farming company near the village of Talniki, southwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on August 28, 2016. #
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