Fall Foliage on Cuejdel Lake, Neamt, Romania (Ghioc Tudor)

A Porcupine Tests Out the Waters of Fall, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland (Violetta Nowak)

Golden Aspens Trees, Aspen, Colorado (Elaina Collins)

Fall foliage at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada (Gautam Phookan)

Autumn sunset over Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park. (Marco Crupi)

A Leaf Upclose, San Diego, California (Jim Cumming)

The Tranquility of Autumn, Salaj County, Romania (Ecaterina Olaru)

Fall Comes to the Mountains, British Columbia, Canada (Rod Tydeman)

Reflections, Lake District, England (Lisa Ellis)

Perfect Autumn Stroll, Ephraim, Wisconsin (Meghan Baley)

Colors of Autumn, Quebec City, Canada (Sandra Angers-Blondin)

The Peak of Fall Foliage in the Adirondacks, North Elba, New York (Chris Tennant)

Nature's Golden Lace, Stockholm, Sweden (Christine Blanchin dos Santos)

Fall Near the Gambo Dam, Gorham, Maine (Claire Crocker)

Red Maple Leaves, Arlington, Massachusetts (Wallace Lee)

Old Barn, Millbrook, New Jersey (Pat Abbott)

Aspens Before the Storm, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (Carolyn Wiens)

Fog Rises Off the Lake, Watoga State Park, West Virginia (Michelle Cochran)

Early Morning Fishing on Silver Lake, Inyo, California (Brandon Yoshizawa)

A Moose Fording the River, Ontario, Canada (Jim Cumming)

Two Lovebirds, Vienna, Austria (Felicia Simion)

Fall Foliage on the Tundra, Chugach State Park, Alaska (Susan Serna)

Best Autumn Photographs from the Last Ten Years of Photo Contests

As the weather grows colder, leaves burst into color around the northern hemisphere

smithsonian.com
August 6, 2013

From crisp fall leaves in Sweden to fog-filled forests in North America, here's a selection of some of the best autumnal photographs from the last ten years of our photo contest.

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