The Seasons of Trees

• Fog rises off a lake in Highlands, N.Y., Oct. 3.
  
  
  

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• Various trees appear to be near their peak color, with a stand of evergreens in the background and a corn field in the foreground in North Portland, Maine, Sept. 30. Forecasters have predicted the fall foliage colors to be outstanding this season because of the heavy rain in the beginning of the summer.
  
  
  

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• A man walks his dog in a park in Cologne, Germany, as fallen leaves and temperatures around 55 degrees complete the autumnal scene.
  
  
  

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• A woman walks at a park in an autumn morning in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Oct. 6.
  
  
  

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• The wind blows through the colorful autumn leaves of a tree in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 24.
  
  
  

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• A woman enjoys the autumn weather in a park in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sept. 21.
  
  
  

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• A man walks on a path strewn with the multicolored fallen leaves of the surrounding trees in downtown Moscow.
  
  
  

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• Trees with vibrant, yellow autumn foliage stand out against the blueish-gray of a building undergoing renovation in New York.
  
  
  

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• An autumn-colored forest is reflected on the lake of Viacha outside Minsk.
  
  
  

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• Leaves fall onto the National Arboretum at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, England. Covering over six hundred acres, many of the trees and shrubs in the historical collection of over 3,000 different species, are showing the signs of autumn after one of the wettest summers on record.
  
  
  

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