In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize food.
Published Sep 29, 2020
Leaves change from green to orange and brown across the United States and Canada.
Published Oct 15, 2015
Beneath a collection of contrails, colorful foliage spreads across a mountain landscape in the eastern U.S.
Published Nov 2, 2019
Cooler temperatures and shorter days have transformed Pennsylvania’s forests.
Published Oct 30, 2013
Fall colors swept across the Mid-Atlantic during October 2012.
Published Oct 26, 2012
A process that occurs on a micro scale in trees shows up on a macro scale in satellite imagery.
Published Sep 30, 2014
In a span of just 11 days, fall colors swept over the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia.
Published Oct 4, 2012
Fall was beginning to color the East Coast of the United States when MODIS captured this image on October 12, 2008.
Published Oct 18, 2008
In northern Sweden, bursts of fall color fill valleys before the darkness of winter descends.
Published Oct 22, 2016
As temperatures cool, deciduous trees in Siberia are making their annual transformation.
Published Sep 12, 2015
Peak autumn colors have arrived in some parts of the eastern United States and Canada.
Published Oct 26, 2017
In October, the state transitions form north to south with vibrant displays of peak autumn foliage.
Published Oct 22, 2017
Leaves are changing color along the Carpathian Mountains in Romania.
Published Oct 20, 2018
Time transforms the ranges in the southern Appalachian Mountains through the course of a year.
Published Jan 14, 2014
The forests of northern Michigan and southern Ontario flamed orange as the first trees of the season—maples—began to display their brilliant red and orange fall colors. Veins of green run through the sea of orange where the deciduous forest gives way to deep green pine trees. The most vivid color is concentrated in Canada’s province of Ontario. Located farther south, Michigan’s trees show only a hint of color.
Published Sep 29, 2007
This image provides a good bird’s-eye view of the center of the city, including famous colonial and independence locations extending from Boston Common to the North End.
Published Nov 17, 2003
