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Fall is in the air
Autumn is here (for those of us in the northern hemisphere). This year, the full moon and the autumnal equinox happened on the same day, for the first time in 19 years. Evenings now come sooner and the air cools more quickly, leaves are beginning to change, crops are being harvested, harvest festivals are being held, and animals and nomads are on the move to their winter grounds. Collected here are a handful of recent images of early autumn around the northern half of our world. (35 photos total)

A maple tree shows its fall colors on Friday, September 17th, 2010, in Woodstock, Maine. A vast network of county foresters, volunteers and others contribute their observations to state tourism officials, who in turn work up "foliage forecasts" publishedonline and elsewhere to let leaf-peepers know where to find the best fall foliage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

2
The moon rises into view over the Chugach Mountains in this view from the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)#

3
Bunches of Tinta Barroca grapes on the vine at the Quinta dos Malvedos estate, owned by Symington Family Estates, in Vila Real, near Porto, Portugal, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (Mario Proenca/Bloomberg)#

4
Sergey Solovyov, director of Agrostroy farm, inspects wheat in a field, some 450 km (280 mi) south of Barnaul city in the Altai region of Russia on September 22, 2010. Russia, devastated by a severe drought, had harvested 55 million tons of grain by September 22, down 32 percent from a year ago, (REUTERS/Andrei Kasprishin)#

5
Tree branches covered with changing, multi-colored leaves of fall are seen below a partly cloudy sky in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)#

6
The Space Needle, a passing ferry boat, and a U.S. Coast Guard boat are seen through fog over Elliott Bay, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)#

7
Giant lanterns are displayed as part of Mid-autumn festival celebration at a park in Hong Kong on September 22, 2010. The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar; a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar calendar, when the moon is at its fullest. (MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)#

8
A child wearing traditional clothes guides cows during the so-called Desalpe in Charmey near Bulle, Switzerland on September 25, 2010. The Desalpe is the customary annual procession when cows are led back to the plain at the beginning of autumn after grazing during the summer months on mountain pastures. (Reuters/Valentin Flauraud)#

9
Two cows traditionally decorated for the "Desalpe" are pictured in Charmey, Switzerland on September 25, 2010. (Reuters/Valentin Flauraud)#

10
Pumpkins are presented in the German city of Hassloch on September 12, 2010. The town was hosting a competition to find the best pumpkins (RONALD WITTEK/AFP/Getty Images)#

11
Inge Schrimps paddles in a hollowed-out pumpkin across a lake on September 19, 2010 in Ludwigsburg, Germany during the annual Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival at Ludwigsburg Castle. (Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images)#

12
Geese fly just after sunrise Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, the last day of summer, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)#

13
Elliott Cely, 2, of Portland, plays in a pumpkin patch at the Rasmussen Farms Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Hood River, Oregon. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)#

14
Cattle graze in a meadow on a misty morning - the first day of autumn - in Kirchberg, in the Austrian province of Tyrol on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)#

15
Kashmiri women and men gather rice stalks into bundles in a field on the outskirts of Srinagar on September 26, 2010. In order to harvest Kashmir's 374,000-acre rice crop, the field is drained of water to allow the harvesters access. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)#

16
A seasonal worker tears down hop tendrils from the suspension wires near Aigslbach, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The Bavarian region Hallertau, north of Munich is seen as the world's biggest hops-producing area. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)#

17
Autumn leaves behind a Farmstead in Muncy Valley, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania on September 26th, 2010.Original here. (Nicholas_T /CC BY)#

18
Ringmaster Vernon Bergman, reveals the weight of a 20 foot wide, 3,699 pound pumpkin pie on Saturday Sept. 25, 2010 - one that will be the worlds largest once certified by Guinness World Records. The giant pie was baked in New Bremen, Ohio and sponsored by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers during the town's annual Pumpkinfest. The massive pie took over thirteen hours to bake in a specially made oven. (AP Photo/Sidney Daily News,Luke Gronneberg)#

19
A Kashmiri nomad carries a sheep on his shoulders in Srinagar on September 25, 2010. The nomads travel with their livestock and trek through the state's rugged mountain terrain to reach pastures where they spend the summer months in the mountains and the winter in the shelter of valleys. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images)#

20
A hawk perched on a tree at the edge of Randleman Lake is framed by the harvest moon, near Branson Davis Road in Randolph County, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/News & Record, Joseph Rodriguez)#

21
Pinot Noir grapes for Robert Sinskey Vineyards are picked in the Carneros region of Sonoma, California on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Picking for this year's harvest is several weeks later than normal due to an unseasonably cool and mild summer. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)#

22
Wine is mixed at the Quinta do Bomfim estate, owned by Symington Family Estates, in Pinhao, near Porto, Portugal, on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (Mario Proenca/Bloomberg)#

23
The changing colors and patterns of a leaf are seen in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)#

24
Rain drops fall into a Koi pond at the Japanese Garden, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)#

25
A deer stands among trees and bushes in the mountains in Utah on September 24th, 2010.Original here. (Billy Gast /CC BY)#

26
A Slovak farmer uses a horse-drawn plow as farmers harvest potatoes using traditional methods while they work on their field in the village of Spisske Podhradie, Slovakia on September 20, 2010. The Spissky Hrad castle is seen in the background. (REUTERS/Petr Josek)#

27
A team corrals the cranberry harvest in a bog in Hanson, Massachusetts owned by Kravtiz Cranberries. (Boston Globe/Meg Pier)#

28
Artists wearing Belarusian national dresses hold traditional sheaves as they meet participants at a national festival marking the end of harvest collection in the town of Lida, 150 km (93 mi) west of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)#

29
A visitor to a park in Berlin enjoys some of the last of this year's warm sun at the beginning of autumn on September 23, 2010 in Berlin as temperatures reached 20 degrees Celsius. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)#

30
Brian Chittenden harvests corn at his family's Dutch Hollow Farm in Schodack Landing, New York on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)#

31
Danny Bolton heads out for a day of fishing on the Lake Worth Pier, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 in Lake Worth, Florida. (AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters)#

32
Georgian men carry freshly-harvested grapes to a press at a farm near the town of Gurjaani, 110 kms east of the capital Tbilisi, on September 22, 2010. Gurjaani located in the Georgian region of Kakheti is one of the centers of Georgia's wine industry. (VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)#

33
Storm clouds blow across the sky as the rain starts to fall in a three second exposure made in a pumpkin field in Benton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 22, 2010, just as a violent storm hit the region. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)#

34
A man walks on a path as fog rises over the lake at Gray's Lake Park in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)#

35
Fall colors just begin to appear in the trees in the evening light at Water Tank Hollow Vista in Susquehannock State Forest, Potter County, Pennsylvania on September 18th, 2010.Original here. (Nicholas_T /CC BY)#
More links and information
Peak Foliage Map - Boston Globe
Fall in New England - Boston Globe
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84 comments so far...
1
Love 14, 20 and 23!
Posted by a traveller September 27, 2010 01:15 PM
2
Beautiful photos, sorry for the Northern Hemisphere and in the South began the spring.
Hermosas fotos, pena por el hemisferio Norte ya que en el Sur comenzo la primavera
Posted by Eduardo Vargas September 27, 2010 01:17 PM
3
For some reason, you gotta love fall!
Posted by Bart Vos September 27, 2010 01:17 PM
4
Huge colors
Posted by ubernedo September 27, 2010 01:17 PM
5
Pennsylvanians call Potter County "God's country" with good reason.
Posted by Terry September 27, 2010 01:18 PM
6
Maybe this is the most photogenical season in the year, it's amazing the amount of different colours, textures and contrasts you can catch... Brilliant photos, they make me feel anxious to take my camera for a walk :)
Posted by Carlos Martínez September 27, 2010 01:20 PM
7
How can I get the green card as a Chinese? I love those pictures.
Posted by Lawrence Cheung September 27, 2010 01:25 PM
8
Wow i am just stunned. Beautiful and breathtaking pictures!
Posted by Katrin September 27, 2010 01:29 PM
9
incredible colors! great pictures, as usual! astonishing images! im also sharing a similar link here, now that spring begins here in Paraguay, Latin America.
Yluux - Springhttp://www.yluux.com/2010/09/22/llego-la-primavera-llego-la-juventud/
Posted by tetsu September 27, 2010 01:33 PM
10
Fall season is my favourite.
Posted by Ilya Sosynyuk September 27, 2010 01:37 PM
11
woot one of the first posts :D
slackin off at work really does pay off
on another note all these colors make me miss California and the mountains..
whyyyyy did i enlist into the Marines...whyyyyyyy
Posted by justaLanceCpl September 27, 2010 01:37 PM
12
Wonderful!
Posted by Martin September 27, 2010 01:37 PM
13
#26 Hey, my home country made it to the selection this time :D Congrats to the author of the photo!
Posted by katka September 27, 2010 01:41 PM
14
I love seasons!!!!
Posted by J. September 27, 2010 01:49 PM
15
also #26 great! my home country :) but we don't live in prehistory :)
Posted by Martin September 27, 2010 01:52 PM
16
I would like a piece of that pie.
Posted by Dan September 27, 2010 01:53 PM
17
Awesome!!
Posted by Vamsi September 27, 2010 01:58 PM
18
Amazing!
Posted by Ash September 27, 2010 02:08 PM
19
Des Moines!
Gray's Lake is wonderful year-round
Posted by Chris in Des Moines September 27, 2010 02:14 PM
20
thanks for great pics. I can watch them endlessly!
Posted by Alex Tytjanik September 27, 2010 02:15 PM
21
#26 Slovenskooo :)
Posted by Anonymous September 27, 2010 02:27 PM
22
#19!
Posted by weare September 27, 2010 02:28 PM
23
thanks for posting links to the originals. i wish all teh pictures on this journal were like that.
Posted by maltman September 27, 2010 02:28 PM
24
#26 mumia mumacka :))
Posted by melisko September 27, 2010 02:55 PM
25
beauti of mother nature!
Posted by kaju September 27, 2010 03:01 PM
26
Man how can they not put some FOOTABALL pictures! It is the best thing about fall.
Posted by Brian September 27, 2010 03:04 PM
27
è sempre un piacere ammirare le vostre foto, perchè oltre alle immagini particolari, trasmettono un significato prodondo.
Posted by Mario Bellati September 27, 2010 03:06 PM
28
Wow, that are the best fall pictures I ever seen. Love it
Posted by Henry September 27, 2010 03:09 PM
29
# 26 ...voltea hacia arriba y mira el algodón en el cielo!
Posted by vidblain a. ang September 27, 2010 03:10 PM
30
Just one word
WOW
Posted by Ahmed September 27, 2010 03:11 PM
31
That baby lamb in #19 seems to be enjoying the ride! A lot easier than walking. :)
Posted by Jojo September 27, 2010 03:42 PM
32
I just have a comment concerning the description of this series. Evenings have come sooner since summer solstice which happened to be on 21st June this year. And not as the author mentioned "now".
Anyway lovely pictures!
Posted by Pawel September 27, 2010 03:45 PM
33
#26.. Its only THIS one farmer, we don't live in medival :-)
Posted by M1 September 27, 2010 04:08 PM
34
Wonderful, as usual!
Posted by Bev September 27, 2010 04:23 PM
35
Yep, impressive pics.
And about the fall, it's coming, it's literally freezing here in Finland.
Posted by Matti September 27, 2010 04:30 PM
36
I love autumn :-)
Posted by ClaudiF September 27, 2010 04:57 PM
37
It's still a wonderful world when someone uses a giant pumpkin as a boat.
Posted by sherry September 27, 2010 05:37 PM
38
#19 is the winner,
Enjoyed viewing the selection as always. Thanks Alan!
Posted by fanfare September 27, 2010 06:11 PM
39
Great pictures, as always.
I really love fall. I think it's my favorite season.
Posted by RustyShackleford September 27, 2010 07:50 PM
40
No. 2 & 23 ~~ I Like... :D great collection.
Posted by yeoj September 27, 2010 08:28 PM
41
my favorite season! this is an awesome set with good variety. will use for reference in my painting class ;-) thanks!
Posted by kmj September 27, 2010 09:56 PM
42
All beautifull =) I love Autumn! But I live in Argentina, let me tell you that South of the world is having a great Spring! flowers everywhere :D
Posted by lou September 27, 2010 10:07 PM
43
number 20 sums life up for me!
Posted by Anonymous September 27, 2010 10:48 PM
44
Such amazing photography. They are all beautiful. I looked at #19 for a long time... a striking shot; really tells a story & such an expression on the little lambs face.
Also, #31 is amazing. Had to be difficult to capture that with the right settings at the exact moment w/ a bird in flight... unbelievable!!
Thanks for sharing these.
Posted by Jill September 27, 2010 11:04 PM
45
The kind of natural beauty I can only dream of. I'm so stuck on the equatorial climate of Singapore, where there is never any autumn (fall), spring or winter.
Posted by liza September 27, 2010 11:29 PM
46
Number 13 is the cutest kid in the world!
Posted by Julia September 27, 2010 11:30 PM
47
Amazing.., unlucky to miss it being along the transition....., it gives a sense of goosebumps thinking of the weather..........
Posted by Prashanth Naik September 27, 2010 11:51 PM
48
beautiful pictures...i love them all!!!
Posted by uchiha uchin September 28, 2010 12:06 AM
49
#19 just loooove the smile
Posted by mohammad September 28, 2010 12:38 AM
50
Lovely and amazing photos.Thanks for sharing. These photos made me think positivelly.
Posted by Jocelyn September 28, 2010 01:30 AM
51
Amazing shots!
Posted by Rajni Setia September 28, 2010 01:38 AM
52
Nature's full of life. So pleasant, so beautiful and so serene. Awesome pics!!
Posted by Himad Ali September 28, 2010 01:40 AM
53
Just so so so marvelous.
Reminds me on how much of life i'm missing out, (LIFE that silently sings all around me all the time).... in my incessant running around, making a living!!!
Posted by Aparrna September 28, 2010 01:46 AM
54
how wonderful! I love them. I wish be there.
Posted by thuydung September 28, 2010 02:27 AM
55
happy Mid-autumn festival~?~
I like mooncake：）
Posted by Penyue September 28, 2010 02:34 AM
56
don't worry soon spring... Thank BG!
Posted by michael September 28, 2010 03:04 AM
57
Number 31 is probably the best, just an all around good picture, and with the bird, right place at the right time, that is exactly what photography is about
Posted by Jonathan September 28, 2010 03:26 AM
58
nice...a colors explosion!
Posted by Andrea September 28, 2010 03:44 AM
59
Rewelacyjne fotki :)
Posted by Zbenek September 28, 2010 04:01 AM
60
非常非常地漂亮，可是在中国这样的美景非常少了，我们在被污染。Very Very nice,but it is rare in China like this.Because we are now polluting everything.Air condition is bad.
Good pictures here.
Posted by Tian September 28, 2010 04:58 AM
61
super
Posted by Krishnakumar September 28, 2010 05:30 AM
62
man fasle paizo doostdaram ,che angoori ,manzarehash mareke budan
Posted by Anonymous September 28, 2010 06:40 AM
63
like it so much
Posted by JoelTian September 28, 2010 07:14 AM
64
so great picture
Posted by gukun September 28, 2010 07:20 AM
65
Love it very much
Posted by Chapain September 28, 2010 08:23 AM
66
yeah portland!!!
Posted by dogbox September 28, 2010 08:23 AM
67
Congratulations New Bremen Ohio...Looks Awesome!!!
Posted by PieLover September 28, 2010 08:39 AM
68
It is just me or do other people find it off putting to see something like the 20' pumpkin pie in # 18. In a world full of starving people and famine people take pride in this kind of thing and even worst are those who partake in eating competitions stuffing 20 sausages into themselves and then getting sick. When do we stop the waste?
I love the images, but an sick of the waste.
Posted by John September 28, 2010 08:42 AM
69
love 14
Posted by Bunny September 28, 2010 08:43 AM
70
3, 9, 14 are my favz... 14 is the best among all
Posted by Mayooresan September 28, 2010 08:54 AM
71
Amazing pictures!!
Posted by Roy September 28, 2010 09:21 AM
72
很漂亮的景色，我喜欢秋天！
so beautiful,i love autumn
Posted by Anonymous September 28, 2010 09:49 AM
73
so beautiful,I love autumn!
Posted by lwq8818 September 28, 2010 09:50 AM
74
beautifull,thanks for having them
Posted by margaret September 28, 2010 10:12 AM
75
#10 Great colors & excelent deph of field!
Posted by Mato September 28, 2010 10:35 AM
76
斯為美，則我中華大地，何處不美？焉取與斯？
Posted by zp September 28, 2010 11:13 AM
77
Breathtaking shots
Posted by Udit September 28, 2010 11:21 AM
78
Yay...fall just (finally) reached us in Houston. After the last 3 months, we've earned it! Thank you Mother Nature!
Posted by Adrienne September 28, 2010 11:35 AM
79
nice pic , so beautiful, the color of autumn so nice
Posted by kayo yo September 28, 2010 11:50 AM
80
Outstanding and inspirational - a reminder of just what a beautiful place the world is when sometimes, everything seems so bleak.
Posted by Tony September 28, 2010 12:04 PM
81
wow!......marvellous
Posted by Anonymous September 28, 2010 12:44 PM
82
Photo#33 W-O-W another wonderful photo by Jimmy May. A great photographer with a great eye for beauty. Postcard perfect.
Thank you
Posted by Sandra D Shultz September 28, 2010 01:31 PM
83
Hienoja kuvia, upeaa.
Posted by KariL September 28, 2010 01:53 PM
84
Que fotos maravilhosas! Vejam #13, aquele menino feliz comemora a colheita farta da família. Vejam #17, um lugar aprazível onde eu gostaria de viver. Mas a foto que mais gostei foi a #32 que me fez lembrar com saudades da família De Rossi, laboriosos descendesntes de imigrantes italianos em Bento Gonçalves (RS Brasil) quando colhiam as uvas para fazer o melhor vinho caseiro.
Posted by Moisir Tigre September 28, 2010 01:54 PM
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