Fall Scenes 2008

With a background of fall foliage, two fishermen try their luck on the Connecticut River near Rocky Hill, Conn., Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Cool, sunny skies brought people out on the river to fish and enjoy the scenery.

North Carolina

The peak of Grandfather Mountain near Linville, N.C., surrounded by fall color and falling snow Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008.

North Carolina

Fall foliage is reflected on Julian Price Lake off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, N.C., Monday, Oct. 20, 2008.

New Jersey

Leaves begin to change color along the shore of Lake Marcia at High Point State Park in New Jersey Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. In the background is the High Point Monument, a 220-foot tower built in 1930 to commemorate the war veterans.

Japan

An excursion boat cruises by colorful trees on Lake Chuzenji near Nikko, Japan, on Friday October 17, 2008. The trees around the scenic lake, located within the Nikko National Park, began to turn bright red and yellow earlier than usual.

Alaska

The colors of autumn and winter collide during a snowstorm Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, alongside a highway in Kenai, Alaska.

Maine

Vehicles head southbound on Rt. 1 near Wiscasset, Maine, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

Germany

Autumnally colored foliage of a wild rose (rosa rugosa) in a garden in Euskirchen, western Germany, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

Germany

The sun shines through the foliage of a beech tree Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in village of Neuglobsow, Germany, north of Berlin.

Moscow

Muscovites enjoy a sunny afternoon at Kolomenskoye Park, on the outskirts of Moscow, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008.

Kentucky

Trees along the edge of Cedar Creek Lake begin to change color Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008., near Stanford, Ky.

Colorado

Trees dressed in the colors of fall line a highway leading up to Loveland Pass and the Continental Divide near Keystone, Colo., on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.

Vermont

Sunlight plays across a hillside of fall's bright colors in Waitsfield, Vt., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008.

Vermont

A cow stands in a pasture with the backdrop of fall foliage's bright colors in Warren, Vt., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008.

Vermont

A maple tree shows early fall color in Richmond, Vt., Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. At the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center in Underhill, Vt., with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, biologists are investigating how temperature affects the development of color in fall leaves.

Maine

A maple tree appears at its peak color, seen though a window speckled with raindrops in N. Yarmouth, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. The Conservation Dept. reports the southern areas of the state are just beginning their peak foliage season while the northern parts of the state are almost at peak levels.

New Hampshire

Tourists enjoy the changing colors in the White Mountain National Forest in Albany, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.

New Hampshire

Tourists enjoy the changing colors in the White Mountain National Forest in Albany, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.

New Hampshire

Leaves begin to change color along the Swift River in the White Mountain National Forest in Albany, N.H., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.