지구별의 2012년 가을 풍경

10월 말 이맘때가 바로 가을의 복판쯤이 아닌가 합니다. 머잖아 들판은 추수를 끝내고 황량하게 변해질 것이고 오색단풍으로 가을의 운치를 더하였던 우리 산하는 만추(晩秋)의 쓸쓸함으로 더욱 스산하여 지겠지요. 북반구의 가을 풍경도 거의 비슷하게 변하여 지는데 여러가지 축제와 짙어지는 단풍, 그리고 겨울을 대비하는 동물들, 아침에 피어 오르는 안개와 함께 아름다운 화보로 만나보는 2012년 지구별의 가을 풍경입니다.   http://www.theatlantic.com

Autumn colors and mountains of the Teton Range, photographed in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, on October 4, 2012.

 

 

A girl throws leaves in the air at the estate of Mariendaal in Arnhem, Netherlands, on September 30, 2012.

 

 

Autumn colored trees in Schoenau at the Koenigssee lake, near the southern German city of Berchtesgaden, on October 2, 2012.

 

 

Pumpkins await shoppers in a field near Munich, Germany, on September 12, 2012.

 

 

Shepherd Pierre Deval walks in the Queyras valley in Arvieux in the Hautes-Alpes region of south-eastern France, on September 14, 2012. Not far from France's glitzy ski resorts Deval leads his 1,600 sheep across Alpine pastures guarding his charges against predators and infection, and most importantly, ensuring that none are left behind.

 

 

Stars shine above the cabin used by shepherd Pierre Deval in Arvieux, France, on September 14, 2012.

 

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Putin took part in a flight as part of a program devised by environmentalists to lead the endangered cranes, which were raised in captivity, on their migration to Asia.

 

 

A hot-air balloon flies over the city of Godewaersvelde, northern France, as the sun rises, on September 30, 2012.

 

 

Bavarian farmers transport their cows on a boat over the picturesque Lake Koenigssee at dusk, on October 3, 2012. Before the winter season approaches the farmers have to drive their cattle down from their Alpine meadows to a narrow valley that can only be reached by boat.

 

 

Starlings gather on a high voltage electric wire prior to their seasonal migration in Strazeele, northern France, on October 1, 2012.

 

 

A couple enjoy sunny autumn day in the Tsaritsino estate in southern of Moscow, Russia, on September 19, 2012.

 

 

Fall foliage begins to appear in the White Mountain National Forest, on September 28, 2012 in Jefferson, New Hampshire.

 

 

More than 1,000 buffalo thunder across prairie land during the 47th annual Buffalo Roundup in western South Dakota's Custer State Park, on September 24, 2012.

 

 

Autumn-colored oak leaves in the Elz River near Emmendingen, Germany.

 

 

People walk on a pavement covered with leaves at the place de la Concorde in Paris, on September 22, 2012.

 

 

Morning mist rises from the valley between the sandstone bridge Basteibruecke and the Lilienstein mountain near Rathen, Germany, on October 2, 2012.

 

 

A pair of unicyclists ride under fall leaves along a bike trail by Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 24, 2012.

 

 

Two men prepare to weigh an Atlantic Giant pumpkin (Curcurbita maxima) during the Bavarian pumpkin championship on September 29, 2012 in Schwabenhausen, Germany. The award comes with a cash prize of 600 euros.

 

 

Canada geese rise in flight out of a bay on Big Rideau Lake in Portland, Ontario, on September 29, 2012.

 

 

A fallen autumn leaf rests with raindrops on the hood of a car in London, England, on October 1, 2012

 

 

A picture taken from the mountainous Srinagar-Leh highway shows newly snow-covered mountain peaks at Zojila, 108 km (67 miles) east of Srinagar, on October 4, 2012. A foundation stone laying ceremony for a tunnel on 443 km (275 miles) long highway connecting Kashmir with the Buddhist-dominated Ladakh region was held by the authorities in Sonamarg on Thursday.

 

 

A cow grazes on a meadow near Maierhoefen, Germany, on a sunny and mild September 28, 2012.

 

 

Leaves along the Androscoggin River are at peak color in Berlin, New Hampshire, on September 28, 2012.

 

 

A red deer bellows during the annual rutting season in the Highland Wildlife Park in Kincraig, Scotland, on October 5, 2012.

 

 

A couple ride their bicycles during an autumn day in Moscow's Izmaylovsky Park, in Russia, on September 27, 2012. An exhibition and entertainment complex imitating the architecture of old Russian churches and palaces stands in the background.

 

 

Autumn fog rises from trees after a cool night at lake Koenigssee, near Berchtesgaden, Germany, on October 3, 2012.

 

 

Three year-old Annie Wood rides her scooter in front of changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath in southern England, on October 17, 2012.

 

 

A Red Deer stag roars in the early morning light in Richmond Park in London, England, on October 10, 2012. Autumn sees the start of the "Rutting" season where the large Red Deer stags can be heard roaring and barking in an attempt to attract females.

 

 

 

 

A leaf from an Acer tree turns a warm autumnal red at The National Trust's Tatton Park in Knutsford, England, on October 17, 2012.

 

 

The view from the Blue Ridge Parkway just south of Asheville, North Carolina, on October 20, 2012.

 

 

A man walks under trees near Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 22, 2012.

 

 

Changing autumn leaves, reflected in a pond in England's Sheffield Park Gardens, on October 17, 2012.

 

 

Fog covers the Inntal valley as the famous Nordkette mountains are seen on a sunny autumn day in the western Austrian province of Tyrol, on October 23, 2012.

 

 

Visitors view changing autumn leaves at the Westonbirt Arboretum in England, on October 18, 2012.

 

 

A Roe Deer runs over grassy dunes as the sun rises at Spurn Point on October 12, 2012 in Spurn Head, England.

 

 

Fall colors on a hillside above East Montpelier, Vermont, on Monday, October 8, 2012.

 

 

An overcast sky above fall colors and a Christmas tree farm in Northern Michigan.

 

 

A girl stops to look at hundreds of jack o' lanterns at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, on October 8, 2012. Around 5,000 carved pumpkins are on display for this year's Jack-o'-lantern Spectacular, one of the nation's largest jack-o'-lantern shows.

 

 

Snow covers a field south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on October 13, 2012.

 

 

A white swan swims in a pond at the Summer Garden in central St. Petersburg, Russia, on October 19, 2012. The Summer Garden, once a favorite place of the Russian Tsars, is now a popular place to rest for locals and tourists.

 

 

Cows graze in front of the Rosengarten mountain massif (3,000 meters) in the Dolomites near Bozen, Autonomous Region of South Tyrol, northern Italy's German-Italian speaking region, on October 21, 2012.

 

 

A woman walks her dog on a misty morning on Hampstead Heath, London, on October 23, 2012.

 

 

Fog nestles in valleys below, seen from the Schauinsland mountain in the black forest, Germany, on October 24, 2012.

 

 

Cranes, on the way to their winter rest places, near the village of Linum about 70 kilometers (44 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, on October 21, 2012. Thousands of migratory birds rest near the village before their trip to the south.

 

 

A squirrel eats a wild pear in a park in seasonal colored trees on an autumn day in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, on October 24, 2012.

 

 

Walkers near the zoo in Berlin, Germany, on October 18, 2012.

 

 

A swan lands on a lake on October 17, 2012 in Berlin.

 

 

An operator drives a mechanical harvester in a cranberry marsh, on October 5, 2012, near Warrens, Wisconsin. Wisconsin is expected to harvest 4.5 million barrels of cranberries in 2012, producing more than 50 percent of the world's cranberry supply.

 

 

A tourist does a handstand under a yellowing tree in Hyde Park in London, England, on October 12, 2012.