Photography

Fall Is in the Air, Part II

More images of the season, as autumn colors reach their peak and people are out working in fields, going for walks, and taking photographs, while animals migrate or prepare for the winter to come

By Alan Taylor
A truck drives down a winding rural road in Maine, surrounded by trees in autumn colors.
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Fall foliage is seen in Burlington, Maine, on October 13, 2026.
A statue of a deer is silhouetted against orange autumnal foliage along a lake.
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A statue of a deer is silhouetted against the autumnal foliage reflected on Loch Faskally in Pitlochry, Scotland, on November 2, 2026.
A red squirrel sits on a pile of autumn leaves.
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A red squirrel sits alert amid a carpet of autumn leaves at Rakowicki Cemetery on October 30, 2026, in Krakow, Poland.
A flock of geese flies past.
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Barnacle geese fly above the RSPB Mersehead Reserve on the Solway Firth, after migrating from their breeding grounds in the Svalbard Archipelago, in Southerness, Scotland, on October 17, 2026.
An aerial view of a snow-capped mountain above a river in a forested area in Alaska
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Kings Mountain is seen over the Matanuska River on October 14, 2026, near Chickaloon, Alaska.
Rain drops bead up on fall leaves.
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Raindrops cover fall leaves in Denver on October 14, 2026.
People walk and drive a horse cart on a path through a park among trees with fall colors.
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Autumn foliage brings warm shades of yellow, orange, and red to the parks and promenades of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 19, 2026.
Bright red fall-colored leaves
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Colorful autumn leaves in Toronto, Ontario, seen on October 25, 2026.
A very thin arched stone bridge stands over a lake, forming a circle when paired with its reflection.
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A view of the historic Rakotzbrucke, a 19th-century bridge built with basalt stones, at Kromlau Rhododendron Park in Kromlau, Germany, on October 28, 2026. Surrounded by trees in yellow, orange, and red autumn colors, the arched bridge forms a complete circle with its reflection on the lake surface.
A view of many terraces of golden rice on a steep hillside
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Golden rice terraces, seen in Longji Town on October 16, 2026, in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Autumn-colored trees stand around a lake in a park.
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Beech, hornbeam, oak, and maple leaves in yellow, red, brown, and green tones cover the trees around the lakes at Yedigöller National Park on October 28, 2026, with the arrival of autumn in Bolu, Turkey.
A cat walks in a park through fallen leaves.
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A stray cat walks on fallen leaves at a park in Ankara, Turkey, on October 18, 2026.
A steam train carries passengers along a river.
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A Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway steam train runs along the River Leven near Newby Bridge in England’s Lake District on October 29, 2026.
Two people slide in a cart down a spiraling track among autumn colored trees in a mountain area.
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Visitors enjoy a water slide above red and yellow foliage at Hongye Shiyan Scenic Area in the district of Boshan, Zibo, in China’s Shandong province, on November 1, 2026.
A gentle waterfall in the middle of a creek in an autumn-colored forest
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Water flows down Big Poe Creek on an autumn day in Woodward, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2026.
A stag, lit from behind, at sunrise, on a misty day in a park in London
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A red stag walks through brush at sunrise in Richmond Park on October 19, 2026, in London.
A farmer drives a machine, harvesting corn in a field beneath hillsides covered in fall foliage.
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A farmer harvests corn at a farm in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province on October 15, 2026.
Fall colored trees and a covered bridge stand above a river.
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Water flows down the Contoocook River, passing the colorful foliage of trees and a covered bridge, on October 15, 2026, in Henniker, New Hampshire.
Tall mountains surround a lake.
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A view of Mount Siguniang (Four Sisters Mountain) Scenic Area in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in China’s Sichuan province, seen on October 26, 2026
A view of yellow colored leaves, looking up toward trees
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Colorful leaves, seen in the Wuhlheide park in Berlin, on October 29, 2026
A narrow path winds through a forest, seen on a sunny autumn day.
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A narrow path winds through a forest, seen on a sunny autumn day in Treplin, Germany, on November 1, 2026.

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
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