Best Autumn Photographs from the Last Ten Years of Photo Contests

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

The Peak of Fall Foliage in the Adirondacks, North Elba, New York Chris Tennant
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Fall Foliage on the Tundra, Chugach State Park, Alaska Susan Serna
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Two Lovebirds, Vienna, Austria Felicia Simion
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A Moose Fording the River, Ontario, Canada Jim Cumming
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Early Morning Fishing on Silver Lake, Inyo, California Brandon Yoshizawa
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Fog Rises Off the Lake, Watoga State Park, West Virginia Michelle Cochran
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Aspens Before the Storm, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Carolyn Wiens
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Old Barn, Millbrook, New Jersey Pat Abbott
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Red Maple Leaves, Arlington, Massachusetts Wallace Lee
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Fall Near the Gambo Dam, Gorham, Maine Claire Crocker
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Nature's Golden Lace, Stockholm, Sweden Christine Blanchin dos Santos
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Fall Foliage on Cuejdel Lake, Neamt, Romania Ghioc Tudor
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Colors of Autumn, Quebec City, Canada Sandra Angers-Blondin
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Perfect Autumn Stroll, Ephraim, Wisconsin Meghan Baley
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Reflections, Lake District, England Lisa Ellis
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Fall Comes to the Mountains, British Columbia, Canada Rod Tydeman
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The Tranquility of Autumn, Salaj County, Romania Ecaterina Olaru
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A Leaf Upclose, San Diego, California Jim Cumming
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Autumn sunset over Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park. Marco Crupi
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Fall foliage at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada Gautam Phookan
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Golden Aspens Trees, Aspen, Colorado Elaina Collins
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A Porcupine Tests Out the Waters of Fall, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland Violetta Nowak
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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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