Autumn, the best season, has arrived once again. The autumnal equinox took place a month 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 below are 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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![An aerial view of forested hills showing autumn colors, with a heart-shaped lake in the center.]()
Read moreBaker Lake, near East Bolton, in Quebec, Canada, is pictured here, surrounded by autumn colors on October 8, 2022. #
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![A deer forages in a foggy forest.]()
Read moreA deer forages in Dunham Massey during an early-morning fog on October 13, 2022, in Altrincham, England. #
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![The towers of a basilica stand out on a hilltop, surrounded by colorful trees.]()
Read moreAn aerial image shows the trees around Holy Hill Basilica beginning to change colors in Hubertus, Wisconsin, on October 11, 2022. #
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![Three people use kayak paddles to row themselves in a race, sitting in huge, floating, hollowed-out pumpkins.]()
Read moreContestants compete during the Pumpkin Regatta, an annual pumpkin boat relay race, in the Belgian town of Kasterlee, on October 23, 2022. #
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![A woman jumps in the air as she poses in front of a colorful maple tree.]()
Read moreA woman jumps in the air as she poses in front of a maple tree in full fall color in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 23, 2022. #
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![A coyote stands on grass beneath leafy tree branches.]()
Read moreA coyote stands beneath changing fall foliage in a stand of woods in Nyack, New York, on October 11, 2022. #
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![A person wearing waders stands thigh-deep in a bog full of floating cranberries, pulling on a long boom.]()
Read moreA worker uses a cranberry boom in a flooded bog to corral floating cranberries to a pump as they are harvested at Mann Farms in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, on October 9, 2022. #
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![People use a wheelbarrow to carry several pumpkins in a field full of pumpkins.]()
Read morePeople make their selections at a pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay, California, on October 2, 2022. #
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![Two dogs ride in a small wagon alongside a pumpkin.]()
Read moreTwo dogs take a ride at a pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay, California, on October 2, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of autumn-colored trees.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of autumn-colored trees, surrounding a small stand of dead trees that were destroyed by a bark-beetle infestation and drought, near Schierke, Germany, on October 23, 2022 #
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![A flock of geese flies above a field.]()
Read morePink-footed geese fly at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Loch Leven nature reserve, with autumn bird migration in full swing, in Kinross, Scotland, on October 13, 2022. These geese breed in Iceland and migrate to Scotland and other parts of the U.K. to winter in milder conditions. #
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![A family walks on a wooden bridge in a park.]()
Read moreA family visits Mont-Orford National Park near Orford, Quebec, Canada, on October 8, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of a road cutting through a forest with autumn colors.]()
Read moreA car makes its way through a forest of trees with autumn foliage, seen above Mavrovo, North Macedonia, on October 23, 2022. #
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![Two moose walk through a pasture in front of tall, craggy mountains.]()
Read moreTwo moose walk through a pasture as autumn arrives in Grand Teton National Park, viewed from the Mormon Row Historic District on September 27, 2022, at Jackson Lake, Wyoming. #
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![Two people sit on a large rock overlooking rolling hills, watching a sunset.]()
Read morePeople watch the sunset near Perkins Memorial Tower in Stony Point, New York, on October 16, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of mist covering fields, leading up to a hill topped by a stone tower.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of mist lingering in fields beyond St. Michael's Tower at the top of Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, England, on October 13, 2022 #
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![A large flock of sheep is herded through the city center of Madrid, as onlookers watch from sidewalks.]()
Read moreA large flock of sheep is herded through the city center of Madrid on October 23, 2022. Shepherds guided a flock of about 1,100 sheep and 200 goats through the streets of Madrid today in defense of ancient grazing and migration rights being progressively threatened by urban sprawl. #
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![A small group sits among fallen leaves in a stand of trees.]()
Read morePeople gather under trees in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province, on October 24, 2022. #
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Read moreA single leaf is illuminated by a ray of sunlight beneath a canopy of colorful leaves in Natick, Massachusetts, on October 15, 2022. #
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![A man fishes from a shoreline beside colorful trees.]()
Read moreA man casts a line beside colorful trees at Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton, Colorado, on October 9, 2022. #
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![Children reach into a dumpster to poke at one of several giant pumpkins inside.]()
Read moreYoung attendees peek over the edge of the pumpkin disposal dumpster following the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Tualatin, Oregon, on October 16, 2022. #
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![Fog blankets a vineyard and a small chapel.]()
Read moreA layer of fog blankets the Saint-Denis chapel and vineyards in Wolxheim, France, on October 20, 2022. #
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![A man rides a bicycle beneath a canopy of maple leaves.]()
Read moreA man rides a bicycle beneath a canopy of maple leaves in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 18, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of 21 pedal boats tied together in a line, floating in a lake beside a tree-lined shore.]()
Read moreAn aerial view shows pedal boats on Lake Hengstey, near Hagen, Germany, on October 19, 2022. #
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![A motorcyclist rides under a canopy of brightly colored fall foliage.]()
Read moreA motorcyclist rides underneath a canopy of brightly colored fall foliage in the Mahon Tract of Halton Regional Forest, near Campbellville, in Ontario, Canada, on October 22, 2022. #
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