Autumn, the best season, has arrived once more. The autumnal equinox took place a month ago, on September 23, marking the end of summer and the start of fall across the Northern Hemisphere. It is the season of harvests, festivals, winter preparations, migrations, and, of course, spectacular fall colors. Across the north, people are beginning to feel a chill in the evening air, apples and pumpkins are being gathered, and animals are on the move. Collected below are early images from this year, with more to follow in the weeks to come.
Fall Is in the Air: Images of the Season
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![A person sits in a canoe on a lake surrounded by fall-colored trees.]()
Read moreFall colors on display along the lakeshore of Pickerel Lake in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on October 22, 2023 #
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![In a pumpkin patch, a person pushes a wheelbarrow with a small child and pumpkin in it.]()
Read moreHarriet and her child pick pumpkins at a pop-up farm ahead of Halloween in Flamstead, St. Albans, England, on October 23, 2023. #
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![Two bears stand atop a small waterfall; one has its mouth open to catch a salmon that appears to be jumping straight into its jaws.]()
Read moreA brown bear snags a sockeye salmon in midair at Brooks Falls, within the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, on August 11, 2023. The bears feast in large numbers at the falls between July and September, as millions of salmon swim upstream to spawn. #
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![Two people paddle in a lake, floating in huge hollowed-out pumpkins.]()
Read moreA participant in a pumpkin regatta paddles to win the competition in Kasterlee, Belgium, on October 22, 2023. The regatta—a relay race consisting of a team of four paddlers paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins across the lake—has taken place in Kasterlee since 2008. #
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![Six swans fly above a hilly Scottish landscape.]()
Read moreSwans fly over RSPB Loch Leven nature reserve on October 9, 2023, in Kinross, Scotland. Many are beginning to arrive from their breeding grounds in Iceland, as their migration gets into full swing. #
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![A person takes photos of brightly colored fall leaves.]()
Read moreA visitor takes photos of autumn leaves at a park in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin Province, on October 19, 2023. #
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![A stage rears its head up, bellowing, among tall dry grass.]()
Read moreA stag roars in Richmond Park, west of London, England, on October 1, 2023. #
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![Thousands of sheep and goats flock to the city center in a street in Madrid]()
Read moreThousands of sheep and goats flock to the city center in Madrid, Spain, during a medieval festival that reignited in 1994 and is still celebrated today, on October 22, 2023. #
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![Colorful leaves on tree branches]()
Read moreColorful leaves in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October 6, 2023 #
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![A close image of a herd of reindeer, appearing like a forest of fuzzy antlers]()
Read moreA herd of reindeer forms a tight pack before swimming across a fjord in Reinfjord, in northern Norway, on September 15, 2023. #
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![Several hundred reindeer swim across a fjord in Norway.]()
Read moreSeveral hundred reindeer swim across Jøkelfjord, en route to their winter pastures in northern Norway, on September 14, 2023. The Sámi follow their animals by quad, on foot, or by boat. #
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![A castle stands on a mountainside, on view through trees with fall colors.]()
Read moreNeuschwanstein Castle stands in the autumnal landscape above Schwangau, Germany, photographed on October 19, 2023. #
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![People walk in a park beneath trees with yellow foliage.]()
Read morePeople enjoy an autumn day at a park in Tsarskoye Selo on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia, on October 20, 2023. #
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![A shaggy Scottish Highland cow stands in a pasture]()
Read moreA Scottish Highland cow stands in a pasture in Montours, France, on October 12, 2023. #
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![Water rushes under a very old stone bridge.]()
Read moreWater rushes under the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands at Carrbridge, Scotland, on October 8, 2023. #
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![Grapes and leaves hang from a vine, some turned red with fall color.]()
Read moreGrapes and leaves in a vineyard in Napa Valley, California, on October 21, 2023 #
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![A sunrise beyond a damaged lighthouse]()
Read moreThe sun rises over South Shields lighthouse after the top was torn off by Storm Babet, which battered the U.K., causing widespread flooding and high winds, on October 22, 2023. #
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![A covered bridge above still water, surrounded by trees with fall colors]()
Read moreA covered bridge is flanked by autumn leaves beginning to change color along the Contoocook River in Henniker, New Hampshire, on October 6, 2023. #
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![Many pumpkins, placed together at a farm]()
Read morePumpkins at Farmer John's Pumpkin Farm in Half Moon Bay, California, on October 7, 2023 #
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![A person holds a truffle in their hands, allowing a dog to sniff it.]()
Read moreTruffle hunter Mario Aprile goes looking for truffles with his dog, Lady, in a wood in the Langhe, in Monta d'Alba, Italy, on October 22, 2023. In the Piedmont area, especially in the Langhe area, every year about 5,000 truffle hunters go in search of truffles and then resell them in the International Alba White Truffle Fair, or to restaurants all over the world. #
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![People sit on a cliff enjoying the view of fall foliage below.]()
Read morePeople sit on a cliff enjoying the view from Spencer Gorge Conservation Area's Dundas Peak in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on October 17, 2023. #
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Read moreA view of trees in yellowish colors during autumn in Tunceli, Turkey, on October 23, 2023. #
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![A view across a broad valley with many trees with yellow leaves.]()
Read moreThousands of aspen trees turn bright yellow and orange as fall arrives in the upper elevations of Fishlake National Forest on October 10, 2023, near the small town of Loa, Utah. #
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![Mountains are cloaked in misty clouds, some capped with early snow.]()
Read moreAutumn scenery at the Bipenggou scenic spot in Aba, Sichuan province, China, on October 9, 2023 #
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![A man walks in a park among colorful trees during the first snowfall of the season.]()
Read moreA man walks in a park among colorful trees during the first snowfall of the season on an autumn day in Tallinn, Estonia, on October 19, 2023. #
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