It’s my favorite time of year once again—the autumnal equinox took place a few weeks ago, 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 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, maybe more to follow in the weeks to come. Until then, I plan to spend my time like His Excellency, the Duke of Fall, Mr. Autumn Man.
Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
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Turkeys compete in a Turkey Stampede race during the annual Kern County Fair in Bakersfield, California, on September 30, 2017. The turkeys chase a small remote-controlled truck carrying food as bait. #
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Richard Mann poses with his 685 lb (310.7 kg) pumpkin, which won its class in the giant vegetable competition on the first day of the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show held at the Great Yorkshire Showground, in Harrogate, England, on September 15, 2017. #
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A drinking lion, the mascot of the Löwenbrauerei brewery sits on a rooftop while people enjoy the last night of the 184th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich on October 3, 2017. #
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Bavarian mountain farmers and their cattle pass the chapel of St. Bartholomae on Lake Königssee while returning from summer pastures near Berchtesgaden, Germany, on October 7, 2017. #
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Cranberries harvested at a state farm in the village of Selishche, some 320 km (200 miles) southwest of Minsk, on October 4, 2017. Workers flood the area where the cranberries grow, then use special appliances to loosen them from the vine and let them float to the surface to be harvested. #
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Leaves of Virginia creeper begin to take on their Autumn color at the Tu Hwnt i'r Bont Tea Room on the banks of the River Conwy at Llanrwst in north Wales on September 13, 2017, in Llandudno, Wales. The cottage named Tu Hwnt i'r Bont (Beyond the Bridge) was built in 1480 and has become a magnet for photographers and tourists from across the world during Autumn. #
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High above the fall foliage, a rock climber takes a break from belaying his partner to use his phone halfway up Cathedral Ledge, a 500-foot cliff, on September 28, 2017, in North Conway, New Hampshire. #
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Katie McWalter of Southborough, Massachusetts, sails by the fall foliage while riding the ZipRider at Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, on September 23, 2017. #
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Michael Callender who works at Wilkins Cider Farm picks fallen apples from a tree in a orchard at Lands End farm in the village of Mudgley on October 3, 2017. The farm has been owned by the Wilkins family for 100 years and has been a traditional cider maker for decades. #
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Cider maker Roger Wilkins, owner of Wilkins Cider Farm, enjoys a pint of traditional cider as he takes a break from pressing apples at Lands End farm in the village of Mudgley on October 3, 2017. Westcountry apple growers say "perfect" weather conditions in 2017 have made for a bumper crop for making cider, thanks to a hot summer, cold winter, and damp end to growing season. #
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The Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen vineyard grows on the steep hillsides in Vieux-Thann, eastern France, seen here on September 27, 2017. On the slopes of the Rangen, dominating the municipality of Vieux-Thann, the grapes are collected by pickers roped to each other like mountain climbers. #
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Harvesters work in a vineyard during the grape harvest of the "Clos Saint Jacques," a Gevrey-Chambertin Burgundy great vintage wine, at the Armand Rousseau wine estate on September 12, 2017, in Gevrey-Chambertin, France. #
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