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Autumn, also known as Fall in North American English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere). Autumn is the season when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools considerably. Day length decreases and night length increases as the season progresses until the Winter Solstice in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere). One of its main features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed.
Although colour change in leaves occurs wherever deciduous trees are found, coloured autumn foliage is noted in various regions of the world: most of North America, Eastern Asia (including China, Korea, and Japan), Europe, southeast, south and part of the midwest of Brazil, the forest of Patagonia, eastern Australia and New Zealand's South Island.
Eastern Canada and New England are famous for their autumnal foliage, and this attracts major tourism (worth billions of US dollars) for the regions.
A beautiful Butterfly I saw only once so far
Petite tortue - Small Butterfly
Beaumont Hague, Cotentin, Normandy, France
Related to the 'looking up' trunk posted just before. This little grove stands beside the creek and is part of my daily walk on campus. Always a pleasure!
Redwoods live and grow in little families. I seem to recall a circle of about 7 is common, all related to a 'mother tree'. The family connection is underground.
Two more butterfly species from this summer. Small copper isn't as common as common blue and brown argus at Summer Leys but I usually find one or two every year. They are also a lot more flighty so I was quite pleased to capture one on the fleabane
Sweet and lovely, small-flowered columbine (Aqilegia brevistyla) are blooming in the woods, mostly in popple groves and fairly open areas. They naturalize easily in my gardens, from seeds harvested in the wild.
Tiny flowers, perhaps 2.5 cm, one inch across.
Farthest north columbine species on the planet, in my part of Alaska as well as parts of north and western Canada.
Morning stack of a small bee (ca. 1 cm, Andrena ventralis female, ID-credit: Stefan Verheyen) resting on spent flowerhead of Taraxacum (Belgium, Boom, 25 April 2020).
Fieldstack of a live specimen, based on 58 exposures (fast method); images assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap). Sony A6500 + Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x ultra macro apo; ISO-200, f/4, 1/500s, -0.7 step, all natural light.
Gear & method used: www.flickr.com/photos/andredekesel/8086137225/in/dateposted/
This is my 5th time in Big Sur. I have yet to be underwhelmed by this place...
A humble nod to my friend Paul's fabulous California Landscapes set. He'll miss this corner of earth back on the East Coast...
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