The arrival of autumn brings falling leaves; vibrant and rich jewel-toned colors across the landscape; a distinct change in temperature; festivals and some celebrations. The world often marks the September event as special. Throughout history, the first day of autumn has been considered a good time to take stock of the year’s successes and failures. A myth in many cultures holds that some mystical forces let us stand eggs on their ends for a short time immediately before or after the exact time of the equinox. In Greek mythology, autumn begins when the goddess Persephone returns to the underworld to live with her kidnapper, Hades – in repayment of the six pomegranate seeds she illicitly ate. Here, a look at a diverse collection of autumn photographs.
Two Adirondack chairs sit vacant on a dock along the misty shore of the Androscoggin River in Turner, Maine, Oct. 3, 2012, as the fall foliage nears peak color.
A Red Deer stag roars in the early morning light in Richmond Park, Oct. 10, 2012 in London, England. Autumn sees the start of the 'rutting' season where the large Red Deer stags can be heard roaring and barking in an attempt to attract females known as bucks. The larger males can also be seen clashing antlers with rival males.
Little polar bear, Anori, plays with his mother, Vilma, on a cold and rainy autumn day at the zoo, Wuppertal, Germany, Sept. 14, 2012.
A woman enjoys a sunny autumn weather day at Lake Chiemsee near Seebruck, southern Germany, Oct. 8, 2012.
The "Seepyramide" (Lake Pyramid) reflects in a lake, Sept. 25, 2012 at the Fuerst-Pueckler-Park in Branitz near Cottbus, eastern Germany. Count Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pueckler-Muskau, a German nobleman who is known for his passion for landscape gardening, is buried in the interior of the pyramid.
A colored maple leaf lays in the grass, Sept. 24, 2012 in a park in Frankfurt an der Oder, eastern Germany.
A cow grazes in a meadow near Maierhoefen, southern Germany, Sept. 28, 2012. Autumn brought a mild and sunny day to Bavaria.
Visitors walk past a colourful display of flowers and plants at the Flower Dome in Gardens by the Bay as part of the Autumn harvest display, Singapore, Oct. 2012. The 850 square metre Flower Field with 18,000 blooms for the Autumn Harvest display, includes the blooms of Sunflowers, Marigolds, Lavend
Visitors tour the illuminated decorations of small bulbs set up at popular Victoria Park to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, Hong Kong, Sept. 27, 2012. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which fell on Sept. 30 this year.
Visitors tour the illuminated decorations set up at popular Victoria Park to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 27, 2012.
Two school-boys play near large decorative lanterns at a Mid-Autumn Festival carnival in Hong Kong, Sept. 29, 2012. Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the lunar new year, this year- September 30, 2012, is traditionally a time when family and friends gather in the evening to celebrate, eat mooncakes and to appreciate the moon.
A fire dragon dance is performed at Hong Kong's Tai Hang district on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 29, 2012. The annual ritual began around 100 years ago as a bid to keep away bad luck when the former fishing village suffered from a plague, following a typhoon.
Residents dressed as movie characters chat during festivities for Saint Michael the Archangel in the town of Zacualpan de Amilpas, on the outskirts of Cuernavaca, Sept. 30, 2012. According to local media, the community held a carnival in honor of their patron, Saint Michael the Archangel, to thank him for the autumn harvest.
A woman walks her dog past a carpet of mushrooms in a forest at the estate of Mariendaal, Arnhem, Sept. 30, 2012.
Dairy farmer, Gerard Bilan, holds a decoration he made to adorn one of his cows, Sept. 29, 2012 before joining the Desalpe near Charmey. The Desalpe is an annual traditionnal Swiss festival marking the descent of cattle herds from their summer Alpine pastures to valleys at the beginning of autumn.
Miniature statues and toys made of rice dough by an artisan are displayed for sale at the mid-Autumn festival's toy market in downtown Hanoi, Sept. 25, 2012.
The Krasnoyarsk hydro electric power station and dam is surrounded with colourful autumn foliage of the Siberian taiga, some 45 km (28 miles) south of the city of Krasnoyarsk, Sept. 22, 2012. The dam and power station on the Yenisei River, one of the world's largest hydro electric projects, was completed in 1972.
As summer comes to an end, the color and beauty of autumn is visible in the colorful leaves that provide a backdrop for these bloom wildflowers in LaPorte, Indiana. as a light rain falls, Sept. 21, 2012.
People eat under Chinese lanterns displayed at a restaurant as part of celebrations for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival on Penang Island, Malaysia, Sept. 25, 2012.
A European peacock butterfly (Inachis io) unfolds its wings in the sun on a blossom in a garden in Frankfurt an der Oder, eastern Germany, Sept. 20, 2012. Meteorologists forecast sinking temperatures for that week, that ended the astronomical beginning of autumn, Sept. 22, 2012.
A duck swims during an autumn day in a pond in the Tsaritsino estate in southern Moscow, Russia, Sept. 19, 2012.
Ears of field corn lay in piles along a roadside during the autumn corn harvest on a farm on the edge of Kaesong, North Korea. It has been a tough year for North Korea's farmers, who grappled with an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by heavy rains from a series of summer storms and typhoon. The U.N. is launching a field mission across North Korea to gauge the state of the food situation.
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