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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Read moreTurkeys 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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Read moreA person walks past trees in the Parc de la Tete d'Or in Lyon, France, on October 10, 2017. #
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Read moreThe Castles, photographed in Gunnison, Colorado, on October 2, 2017. #
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Read moreRichard 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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Read moreYoung people struggle for beer during the opening of the 184th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreA 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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Read moreWomen take photos on an autumn day in Neskuchny Garden in Moscow, Russia, on October 10, 2017. #
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Read moreThe full Harvest Moon rises over the ruins of St. Michael's Church on October 5, 2017 in Somerset, England. #
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Read moreThe sun sets above a fjord near Tangstad, in Norway's Lofoten Islands, at the beginning of autumn, on September 24, 2017. #
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Read moreBavarian mountain farmers return their cattle from summer pastures to cross Lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, Germany, on October 7, 2017. #
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Read moreBavarian farmers persuade one of their cows to board a boat to cross Lake Königssee on October 7, 2017. #
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Read moreBavarian 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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Read moreStrong winds blow a maple leaf in a spider's web in Erfurt, Germany, on October 5, 2017. #
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Read morePeople sit among Aspen trees turned gold on the Autumn Equinox near Nederland, Colorado, on September 22, 2017. #
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Read moreA picture taken with a drone on October 9, 2017, shows Belarusians harvesting cranberries at a farm in the village of Selishche. #
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Read moreCranberries 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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Read moreTwo stag deer are seen through the mist at dawn during the annual rutting season in Richmond Park in London. England, on September 22, 2017. #
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Read moreA man photographs sunflowers in a field at Grinter Farms on September 6, 2017, near Lawrence, Kansas. #
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Read moreRays of sunlight spill through a gap between the clouds and the White Mountains as the skies begin to clear above Bartlett, New Hampshire, on September 22, 2017. #
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Read moreLeaves 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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Read moreLeaves of Virginia creeper cover the Tu Hwnt i'r Bont Tea Room in Llandudno, Wales, on September 13, 2017. #
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Read morePeople paddle on Planinsko polje, a broad, flat field prone to flooding, in Planina, Slovenia, on October 1, 2017. #
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Read moreAn ear of wheat viewed at sunset in a field of the "Zemlyaki" farm in the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia on August 26, 2017. #
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Read moreHigh 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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Read morePumpkins sit in a field on an autumn morning in Oulens-sous-Echallens, Switzerland, on October 4, 2017. #
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Read moreKatie 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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Read moreThe sun shines on apples growing in an orchard at Wilkins Cider Farm at Lands End farm in the village of Mudgley in Somerset, England, on October 3, 2017. #
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Read moreMichael 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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Read moreCider 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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Read moreAspen trees turned gold, photographed near Nederland, Colorado, on September 22, 2017. #
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Read moreLe Veyron stream is pictured on an autumn morning at La Tine de Conflens in La Sarraz, Switzerland, on October 4, 2017. #
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Read moreThe 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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Read moreHarvesters 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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Read morePeople in traditional Belarusian clothes take part in the cultural autumn festival of "Bagach" near the village of Vyazynka, Belarus, on September 24, 2017. #
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Read moreA coating of snow left by an autumnal storm covers pumpkins for sale in front of a store on October 9, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. #
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