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
Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.
A modern satellite makes it possible to pursue the ancient tradition of leaf-peeping in a whole new way.
Fall color covers the forested slopes of Bieszczady National Park, while patches of polonina, a type of high-mountain meadow, have…
Reds, yellows, and oranges are already sweeping across tundra landscapes in Nunavut.
The beech forests of southern Patagonia put on vibrant autumn displays.
From autumn color to a winter-white finish, forested areas around Blacksburg trade foliage for snow over the span of two…
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.
