As the days become shorter and the nights grow colder, I wanted to take one last look at the colorful beauty of this autumn, seen in cities and countryside vistas across the Northern Hemisphere. For even more autumnal goodness, check out “Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season” from earlier this year.
Autumn Colors and Autumn Chill
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![Several people sit in an open doorway in front of colorful trees.]()
Read moreVisitors and autumn leaves are seen at Ankoku temple in Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on November 8, 2021. #
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![Mountains are viewed through branches with colorful leaves.]()
Read moreColorful autumn leaves hang from a tree in the Dolomites near Santa Maddalena, in Val di Funes, in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol, on October 28, 2021. #
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![The upper portion of a bridge support pokes through a fog bank at night.]()
Read moreFog blankets the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 6, 2021. #
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![Dark bunches of grapes hang from a vine with colorful leaves.]()
Read moreGrapes, ready for harvest, are photographed in a vineyard in Zavydovo village in Ukraine's Zakarpattia region, on October 20, 2021. #
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![A woman plays with her dog at sunset in a park.]()
Read moreA woman plays with her dog at sunset in a park in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 6, 2021. #
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![A view of New York City skyscrapers, seen from a pond in a park.]()
Read moreThe Steinway Tower and Central Park Tower on Billionaires' Row rise above fall foliage in Central Park on November 9, 2021, in New York City. #
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![An aerial view of trees with fallen leaves.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of trees with fallen leaves in a park in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 4, 2021 #
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![A view of a mountain dusted with snow, with yellow alpine trees in the valley below.]()
Read moreThe first snow of the season, a fast-moving storm, dropped several inches of snow along the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range, as viewed from the June Lake Loop on October 13, 2021, near June Lake, California. #
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![A deer raises its head in thick greenery in a park at sunset.]()
Read moreA red deer stag bellows at sunrise during the rutting season, in Bushy Park, southwest London, on October 13, 2021. #
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![A fallen leaf floats in shallow water.]()
Read moreA fallen leaf settles in the Linville River along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Linville Falls, North Carolina, on October 18, 2021, as autumn closes in on the North Carolina highlands. #
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![Sunset and haze color the steep mountain faces in Yosemite National Park a pinkish color.]()
Read moreSmoke from a valley-floor control burn produces a haze, as seen from Tunnel View just before sunset in Yosemite National Park, California, on October 27, 2021. #
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![A person walks in a park among colorful leaves.]()
Read moreA person walks in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on an autumn afternoon, November 1, 2021. #
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![Fog shrouds a small German city.]()
Read moreFog surrounds the church of the city of Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on November 10, 2021. #
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![Autumn-colored trees stand along a Scottish loch.]()
Read moreA statue is silhouetted at Loch Faskally in Pitlochry, Scotland, on November 9, 2021. #
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![Trees with fall colors surround a lake in Vermont.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of fall foliage around Vermont's Lake Willoughby, taken on October 12, 2021 #
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![A woman walks past a wall covered in colorful leaves.]()
Read moreA woman walks through Tiergarten Park in Berlin, Germany, on November 2, 2021. #
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![Mountains and valleys fade into the mist in North Carolina.]()
Read moreFog lies in the valleys as the sun comes up along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, North Carolina, on October 19, 2021. #
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![A man rides his bike on a small road in a forest.]()
Read moreA man rides his bike on a small road in a forest in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on October 31, 2021. #
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![A fall-colored leaf is lined with frost.]()
Read moreA photograph taken on November 2, 2021, shows raspberry leaves lined with hoarfrost in a garden outside Moscow, Russia. #
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![Late autumn leaves sit atop snow which has fallen on cars parked in a city street.]()
Read moreA delivery driver rides a scooter past cars covered in snow and leaves following a snowfall on November 7, 2021, in Beijing, China. #
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![A woman takes a selfie beside a snow-covered tree.]()
Read moreA woman takes a selfie during snowfall in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province, on November 9, 2021. #
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