Fall Colors
As green chlorophyll fades from trees and plants each autumn, other pigments color Earth’s landscapes. Satellites take leaf-peeping to a whole new level.
An Earth Observatory Collection
Late-season reds and browns swept across the Ozark Highlands in the south-central U.S.
Hillsides in Alaska’s interior showed their changing colors ahead of the autumnal equinox.
Across the northeastern Siberian tundra, summer greens shift to vibrant reds, yellows, and browns as temperatures drop and days shorten.
The onset of autumn reds and yellows was delayed across the country following several unusually warm months.
Autumn color still clung to northern parts of the state in late October 2024.
Larch-filled forests turned from green to gold around Lake Hövsgöl in September 2024.
The eastern side of the Wasatch Range in autumn displays abundant reds and oranges, followed by vibrant yellows.
Forests of maples and oaks show their brilliant autumn hues in northeast Ohio’s national park.
The Alaskan tundra puts on a fleeting display of color before the snows fall and bears hibernate.
A snowstorm dropped a temporary blanket of white in Michigan amid the region’s colorful fall foliage.
Vibrant leaf color in northeast New York has not disappointed leaf-peepers.
On the final day of summer, much of the region’s vegetation had already turned from green to autumnal brown and…
Momijiari can last into early December in the country’s southern regions.
More than one third of the world’s maize (corn) crop is grown in the United States, and the largest share…
Primorsky Krai, in the Russian Far East, displays some of the planet’s most striking fall color.
The oldest city in North America’s Great Lakes region is surrounded by areas of stunning seasonal color.
The region of rolling hills and valleys is part of a geologic formation known as the Ridge and Valley Province.
Trees have long been cherished here for timber and for the colors they bring to “the Fall Rhapsody.”
Long blue shadows on the snow portend frigid days ahead in this far eastern corner of Siberia.
In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize…
Beneath a collection of contrails, colorful foliage spreads across a mountain landscape in the eastern U.S.
