Autumn is definitely the best season. The autumnal equinox took place a few weeks ago, marking the end of summer and the start of fall across the Northern Hemisphere. Once again it is the season of harvests, festivals, migrations, winter preparations, and, of course, spectacular fall 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, with maybe more to follow in the weeks to come.
Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
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A dog sits in front of enormous pumpkins during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, on October 12, 2020. Travis Gienger, a farmer from Anoka, Minnesota, won the competition with his 2,350-pound pumpkin. Gienger won $7 per pound for a total of $16,450. #
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Children help as freshly harvested grapes are loaded onto a Piaggio Ape van during a traditional grape harvest on October 11, 2020, in Catania, Italy. Three generations of a family from Trecastagni, a small village on the slopes of Mount Etna, harvest their grapes by hand before pressing them using ancient traditions. #
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Cows decorated with bells and flowers leave their summer pastures during the annual ceremonial Almabtrieb ("cattle drive"), on September 18, 2020, at Gramai-Alm in Tyrol's Karwendel Alpine Nature Park near Pertisau, Austria. #
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Half of a skeleton dangles from the ceiling of a room at the Fright Ride, an immersive haunted attraction in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 14, 2020. The experience was designed with social distancing in mind. Guests are driven through the 75,000-square-foot "research lab" on electric carts in groups of six or fewer. Other safety protocols in place include face coverings requirements for all guests, staff, and actors, enhanced cleaning procedures, and visit-specific entry times for all patrons. #
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