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Autumn in the air
Autumnal equinox on September 23, marking the end of summer and beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere. Autumn - it is harvest season, festivals and fairs, bird migration, preparation for winter, and, of course, the golden foliage. In the northern areas, people are already starting to feel in the evening air hint of light frost, the leaves reach their peak color passes harvest of apples and pumpkins. We suggest you take a look at photo galleries dedicated to autumn in all its manifestations.
1. Statue of Soviet times "Bather", topped by a wreath of autumn leaves in Gorky Park in Moscow on 8 October 2011. (Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin)
2. Dragonfly on wheat spikelets. The picture was taken during sunset in the Canadian province of Alberta, September 7, 2011. (Reuters / Todd Korol)
3. Autumn forest near the town of Lutsen, Minnesota, September 26, 2011. (AP Photo / Ann Heisenfelt)
4. Leaf in a pond in the Park of Culture and Rest named after SM Kirov in St. Petersburg, October 9, 2011. (Reuters / Alexander Demianchuk)
5. A man with his dog in a haze of morning fog in Hampstead Heath, 30 September 2011 in London. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
6. Harvesting of apples in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Crates of fruit varieties Jonagold waiting in the wings to turn into cider. The picture was taken in the town of Markham, Virginia, September 17, 2011. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
7. Man cow grazes on "Klausenalm", near the village of Ginzling in the Austrian province of Tyrol, 23 September 2011. Traditionally, in the early autumn, farmers herding their cattle from the mountain pastures into the valley. (Reuters / Lisi Niesner)
8. Visitors look at the "exhibits" on display of pumpkins, which takes place on a farm Buschmann and Winkelmann October 9, 2011 in the German city Bilits. Farm located in Brandenburg near Berlin, every year brings a crop of tens of thousands of pumpkins around 40 different varieties in the period between August and October, and is known for its large-scale exhibition of pumpkins. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
9. Male fallow deer in the fern at sunrise during the autumn rut in Richmond Park October 10, 2011 in London. (Dan Istitene / Getty Images)
10. The ship leaves the port in Cook Inlet, about 60 kilometers north-west of the city of Anchorage, Alaska. In the background - Sasitna Mountain, also known as the Sleeping Lady. Photo made Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo / Dan Joling)
11. Trees in the autumn decoration along the road near Schroeder, Minnesota, 25 September 2011. (AP Photo / Ann Heisenfelt)
12. Member of the World Cup in diving in the swamp with the tube on August 28, 2011 in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. In 2012, immediately after the Olympic Games in London in Llanwrtyd Wells will be the first Alternative World Games. (Harry Engels / Getty Images)
13. Tourists raise their glasses in a tent Schuetzen the last day of the Oktoberfest in Munich. 178th Oktoberfest ended Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo / Joerg Koch)
14. Tom Lishness in his boat made of giant pumpkins during the regatta Pumpkinboat Regatta in Damariscotta, Maine, October 9, 2011. In the regatta attended two classes of vessels: oars and "super-modified" that use small outboards. (Reuters / Joel Page)
15. A carpet of fallen maple leaves on the lawn across from the First Baptist Church of Kingfield, Maine, on 30 September 2011. (AP Photo / Robert F. Bukaty)
16. Autumn leaves in Moseley God, September 7, 2011 in Birmingham, England. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
17. Autumn forest near Lutsen, Minnesota, September 26, 2011. (AP Photo / Ann Heisenfelt)
18. Miguel Sandel from Middlesbrough, Massachusetts, cranberries harvested on plantations Hannula in Carver, Massachusetts, October 4, 2011. Massachusetts farmers gathered a huge cranberry harvest this fall. Conditions for ripening of berries this summer were optimal: it is enough hot days interspersed with the right amount of rainfall. (AP Photo / Charles Krupa)
19. A fisherman casts a fishing rod on the Coeur d'Alene River near Kingston, Idaho, 29 September 2011. (AP Photo / Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)
20. The children of the preparatory school class Growing Place Preschool in Huntington, Indiana, on a walk October 10, 2011, at Pumpkin Patch Campbell Vabosh, Indiana. (AP Photo / Wabash Plain Dealer, Jeff Morehead)
21. Judith Espinosa, left, and her daughter Marianna Gonzalez pick vegetables on a farm Pyrah's Pioneer far from Palmer, Alaska, on Wednesday, 21 September 2011. (AP Photo / The Anchorage Daily News, Mark Lester)
22. Swan swimming in a pond of one of the city's parks Stavropol, 27 September 2011. (Reuters / Eduard Korniyenko)
23. Leaves stuck to the pavement of a street in London, October 5, 2011. The combination of unusually high temperatures and early autumn leaf fall created on the sticky-slip section of asphalt pavement of the street this unusual collage of autumn leaves. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)
24. John Davis from Delaware, Ohio, soybean harvests in the field of his farm, 5 October 2011. (AP Photo / The Columbus Dispatch, Eric Albrecht)
25. A girl in a wreath of autumn leaves takes part in a procession during the harvest festival "Dozhinki-2011" in the Belarusian town of Molodechno September 30, 2011. (Reuters / Vasily Fedosenko)
26. The sun shines 13 centimeters tall mushroom in Winslow Park in Freeport, Maine, September 16, 2011. Due to the coolness and humidity of the autumn forest mushrooms abound in Maine. (AP Photo / Robert F Bukaty)
27. A boy playing with the dog lying on a carpet of autumn leaves in the center of Minsk, October 6, 2011. (Viktor Drachev / AFP / Getty Images)
28. A flock of geese on the lake Cheney in East Anchorage, September 27, 2011. These birds have started an annual seasonal migration to the south. (AP Photo / Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
29. A woman walks across the bridge on the lake Spitzingsee far from the eponymous village in the Alps, southern Germany, on October 9, 2011, after the region fell the first snow of the season. (Christof Stache / AFP / Getty Images)
30. The bird flies away after trying to land on the horns of a deer, resting during the autumn rut in Richmond Park October 10, 2011 in London. (Dan Istitene / Getty Images)
31. Leonardo Urena rejoices after they grown pumpkin was declared the winner of the festival of giant pumpkins in Half Moon Bay, California, in the Monday, October 10, 2011. Weight pumpkin-record holder is 772 kilograms, diameter - 4, 95 meters. (AP Photo / Paul Sakuma)
32. The eighth-grader Alex Pearson is working on homework on prosody on Mount Casper, September 29, 2011 in Casper, Wyoming. (AP Photo / The Casper Star-Tribune, Dan Cepeda)
33. 10-year-old Stella (left), and her 8-year-old sister, Mikey, during the festival of pumpkins on a farm Buschmann and Winkelmann October 9, 2011 in the German city Bilits. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
34. Collection of grapes for wine production during the harvest in the vineyards on the estate Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in the village of Castagneto Carducci in Tuscany, 21 September 2011. (Reuters / Tony Gentile)
35. Harvest in the vineyard in the valley Makinau in Makinau, Illinois, September 22, 2011. (AP Photo / Journal Star, Ron Johnson)
36. The couple promenading in a Moscow park Kolomna October 5, 2011. (AP Photo / Mikhail Metzel)
37. Maple leaves in Freeport, Maine, on 30 September 2011. (AP Photo / Robert F. Bukaty)
38. moose ran across the highway, 27 September 2011 at the Arctic Veli Road in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo / Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill)
39. 9-month-old Charlotte Lindhorst Patterson Fruit Farm in Chesterlend, Ohio, September 26, 2011. (AP Photo / The Plain Dealer, Lisa DeJong)
1. Statue of Soviet times "Bather", topped by a wreath of autumn leaves in Gorky Park in Moscow on 8 October 2011. (Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin)
2. Dragonfly on wheat spikelets. The picture was taken during sunset in the Canadian province of Alberta, September 7, 2011. (Reuters / Todd Korol)
3. Autumn forest near the town of Lutsen, Minnesota, September 26, 2011. (AP Photo / Ann Heisenfelt)
4. Leaf in a pond in the Park of Culture and Rest named after SM Kirov in St. Petersburg, October 9, 2011. (Reuters / Alexander Demianchuk)
5. A man with his dog in a haze of morning fog in Hampstead Heath, 30 September 2011 in London. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
6. Harvesting of apples in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Crates of fruit varieties Jonagold waiting in the wings to turn into cider. The picture was taken in the town of Markham, Virginia, September 17, 2011. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
7. Man cow grazes on "Klausenalm", near the village of Ginzling in the Austrian province of Tyrol, 23 September 2011. Traditionally, in the early autumn, farmers herding their cattle from the mountain pastures into the valley. (Reuters / Lisi Niesner)
8. Visitors look at the "exhibits" on display of pumpkins, which takes place on a farm Buschmann and Winkelmann October 9, 2011 in the German city Bilits. Farm located in Brandenburg near Berlin, every year brings a crop of tens of thousands of pumpkins around 40 different varieties in the period between August and October, and is known for its large-scale exhibition of pumpkins. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
9. Male fallow deer in the fern at sunrise during the autumn rut in Richmond Park October 10, 2011 in London. (Dan Istitene / Getty Images)
10. The ship leaves the port in Cook Inlet, about 60 kilometers north-west of the city of Anchorage, Alaska. In the background - Sasitna Mountain, also known as the Sleeping Lady. Photo made Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo / Dan Joling)
11. Trees in the autumn decoration along the road near Schroeder, Minnesota, 25 September 2011. (AP Photo / Ann Heisenfelt)
12. Member of the World Cup in diving in the swamp with the tube on August 28, 2011 in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. In 2012, immediately after the Olympic Games in London in Llanwrtyd Wells will be the first Alternative World Games. (Harry Engels / Getty Images)
13. Tourists raise their glasses in a tent Schuetzen the last day of the Oktoberfest in Munich. 178th Oktoberfest ended Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo / Joerg Koch)
14. Tom Lishness in his boat made of giant pumpkins during the regatta Pumpkinboat Regatta in Damariscotta, Maine, October 9, 2011. In the regatta attended two classes of vessels: oars and "super-modified" that use small outboards. (Reuters / Joel Page)
15. A carpet of fallen maple leaves on the lawn across from the First Baptist Church of Kingfield, Maine, on 30 September 2011. (AP Photo / Robert F. Bukaty)
16. Autumn leaves in Moseley God, September 7, 2011 in Birmingham, England. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
17. Autumn forest near Lutsen, Minnesota, September 26, 2011. (AP Photo / Ann Heisenfelt)
18. Miguel Sandel from Middlesbrough, Massachusetts, cranberries harvested on plantations Hannula in Carver, Massachusetts, October 4, 2011. Massachusetts farmers gathered a huge cranberry harvest this fall. Conditions for ripening of berries this summer were optimal: it is enough hot days interspersed with the right amount of rainfall. (AP Photo / Charles Krupa)
19. A fisherman casts a fishing rod on the Coeur d'Alene River near Kingston, Idaho, 29 September 2011. (AP Photo / Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos)
20. The children of the preparatory school class Growing Place Preschool in Huntington, Indiana, on a walk October 10, 2011, at Pumpkin Patch Campbell Vabosh, Indiana. (AP Photo / Wabash Plain Dealer, Jeff Morehead)
21. Judith Espinosa, left, and her daughter Marianna Gonzalez pick vegetables on a farm Pyrah's Pioneer far from Palmer, Alaska, on Wednesday, 21 September 2011. (AP Photo / The Anchorage Daily News, Mark Lester)
22. Swan swimming in a pond of one of the city's parks Stavropol, 27 September 2011. (Reuters / Eduard Korniyenko)
23. Leaves stuck to the pavement of a street in London, October 5, 2011. The combination of unusually high temperatures and early autumn leaf fall created on the sticky-slip section of asphalt pavement of the street this unusual collage of autumn leaves. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)
24. John Davis from Delaware, Ohio, soybean harvests in the field of his farm, 5 October 2011. (AP Photo / The Columbus Dispatch, Eric Albrecht)
25. A girl in a wreath of autumn leaves takes part in a procession during the harvest festival "Dozhinki-2011" in the Belarusian town of Molodechno September 30, 2011. (Reuters / Vasily Fedosenko)
26. The sun shines 13 centimeters tall mushroom in Winslow Park in Freeport, Maine, September 16, 2011. Due to the coolness and humidity of the autumn forest mushrooms abound in Maine. (AP Photo / Robert F Bukaty)
27. A boy playing with the dog lying on a carpet of autumn leaves in the center of Minsk, October 6, 2011. (Viktor Drachev / AFP / Getty Images)
28. A flock of geese on the lake Cheney in East Anchorage, September 27, 2011. These birds have started an annual seasonal migration to the south. (AP Photo / Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
29. A woman walks across the bridge on the lake Spitzingsee far from the eponymous village in the Alps, southern Germany, on October 9, 2011, after the region fell the first snow of the season. (Christof Stache / AFP / Getty Images)
30. The bird flies away after trying to land on the horns of a deer, resting during the autumn rut in Richmond Park October 10, 2011 in London. (Dan Istitene / Getty Images)
31. Leonardo Urena rejoices after they grown pumpkin was declared the winner of the festival of giant pumpkins in Half Moon Bay, California, in the Monday, October 10, 2011. Weight pumpkin-record holder is 772 kilograms, diameter - 4, 95 meters. (AP Photo / Paul Sakuma)
32. The eighth-grader Alex Pearson is working on homework on prosody on Mount Casper, September 29, 2011 in Casper, Wyoming. (AP Photo / The Casper Star-Tribune, Dan Cepeda)
33. 10-year-old Stella (left), and her 8-year-old sister, Mikey, during the festival of pumpkins on a farm Buschmann and Winkelmann October 9, 2011 in the German city Bilits. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
34. Collection of grapes for wine production during the harvest in the vineyards on the estate Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in the village of Castagneto Carducci in Tuscany, 21 September 2011. (Reuters / Tony Gentile)
35. Harvest in the vineyard in the valley Makinau in Makinau, Illinois, September 22, 2011. (AP Photo / Journal Star, Ron Johnson)
36. The couple promenading in a Moscow park Kolomna October 5, 2011. (AP Photo / Mikhail Metzel)
37. Maple leaves in Freeport, Maine, on 30 September 2011. (AP Photo / Robert F. Bukaty)
38. moose ran across the highway, 27 September 2011 at the Arctic Veli Road in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo / Anchorage Daily News, Erik Hill)
39. 9-month-old Charlotte Lindhorst Patterson Fruit Farm in Chesterlend, Ohio, September 26, 2011. (AP Photo / The Plain Dealer, Lisa DeJong)
