Autumn, the best season, is upon us 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. 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 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, and more will follow in the weeks to come.
Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
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![A person plays with falling leaves in a park.]()
Read morePeople play with leaves in Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow, Russia, on October 3, 2021. #
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![A tram passes through a leafy park.]()
Read moreA tram passes through a park in Moscow on September 28, 2021. #
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![Three large brown bears stand in a waterfall, catching salmon.]()
Read moreBrown bear cub 128 (front) stands with others in a river fattening up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, on September 5, 2021. #
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![An aerial view of an autumn forest.]()
Read moreA drone's view of Salördek forest in the Tunceli province of Turkey on October 7, 2021. #
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![Geese fly in the sky against the sunset.]()
Read moreGeese are silhouetted against the sky at sunset as they fly over a lake on October 9, 2021, in Shawnee, Kansas. #
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![Pumpkins sit in a field.]()
Read moreA view of the annual pumpkin patch at Bates Nut Farm on October 9, 2021, in Valley Center, California. #
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![A child sits among three pumpkins in a wheelbarrow, being carried along near a pile of pumpkins.]()
Read morePeople gather pumpkins at Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center, California, on October 9, 2021. #
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![Ripe apples sit on a tree branch.]()
Read moreApples in an orchard wait to be picked and collected for cider production on September 26, 2021, in Somerset, England. #
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![A waterfall is seen among fall foliage.]()
Read moreThe Upper Falls in Michigan's Tahquamenon Falls State Park, photographed on October 2, 2021 #
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![A shepherd leads a flock of sheep on a path.]()
Read moreShepherd Judith Prins walks in the National Park Dutch Dunes with a herd of 40 Drenthe Heath sheep on October 9, 2021, in The Hague, in the Netherlands. #
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![A pile of multi-colored pumpkins.]()
Read morePumpkins are pictured in a field near the village of Puchheim, Germany, on October 4, 2021. #
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![A passenger in a canoe photographs fall foliage.]()
Read moreA passenger in a canoe photographs the brilliant fall foliage on South Pond near Woodstock, Maine, on October 9, 2021. #
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![Two people escort a cow along an alpine lake.]()
Read moreFarmers arrive with a cow on the return from mountain pastures, during the traditional Almabtrieb ("cattle drive"), near the village of Schoenau on Lake Königssee in the German Alps, on October 9, 2021. During the Almabtrieb event, cattle herds are brought from alpine pastures, where they stay during summer, to their stables in the valley. #
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![Hillsides are striped with dozens of rice terraces.]()
Read moreThe Jinkeng rice terrace is pictured on October 9, 2021, in Guilin, in China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. #
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![A young woman wears a hat made of large yellow leaves.]()
Read moreA young woman walks, wearing a hat made of leaves, during sunny autumn weather in Moscow, Russia, on October 10, 2021. #
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![A small boat moves along a canal in a park filled with trees bearing yellow leaves.]()
Read moreAn autumn view of Bastion Hill Park in Riga, Latvia, on October 11, 2021 #
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![Fog covers a rural German landscape.]()
Read moreFog covers the landscape in the Taunus region near Wehrheim, Germany, on September 28, 2021. #
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![A person harvests grapes from a vineyard.]()
Read moreThe winegrower Armin Krauth cuts Tempranillo grapes during the harvest in the steep vineyards along the Neckar River in Mundelsheim, Germany, on October 2, 2021. #
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![An overhead view of a multi-colored forest in autumn.]()
Read moreAn overhead view of a multicolored forest near Munising, Michigan, seen on October 2, 2021 #
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![A cow and calf moose exit the Yukon River near yellow-leafed trees.]()
Read moreA cow and calf moose exit the Yukon River near Stevens Village, Alaska, on September 15, 2021. #
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