However, at two points in the year the Sun will illuminate the northern and southern hemispheres equally. These are known as the equinoxes. Find out more about equinoxes and solstices. The Harvest Moon is the name given to the full moon that occurs nearest to the autumnal equinox. Historically the light of the Harvest Moon was said to enable farmers to work late into the night, helping them to bring in the crops from the fields.
The Harvest Moon usually falls in September. For those located at high northern hemisphere latitudes, the autumnal equinox paves the way for increased chances to see the aurora borealis display.
According to NASA, the equinoxes are prime time for Northern Lights, and geomagnetic activities are more likely to take place in the spring and autumn than in the summer or winter. Mabon is a modern Pagan ritual marking the autumnal equinox. And what is the history behind both of these words?
That is a very interesting question! As autumn can get lumped into the autumn harvest time which can have a broad range , fall is really more about that season in which this fall of the leaves takes place. I can just imagine the fruit trees so heavily laden. Very nicely written article - an apt description of autumn for sure.
Thank you. Here, in Southern Alberta Lethbridge County , autumn is approaching The fields of grain have been clipped short leaving a yellow-brown stubble like a man's new beard. The upright green lush plants have taken on a droopy look The trees, oak, still stand proud and uplifted, still reaching towards the sky but their green glossy heads are slowly turning orangey-gold as an old man that has started to turn grayish white. The grasses in the lawns are perking up now that a rain storm or two has past through the area.
Apples, bowing down on slender branches, red and gold striped, are calling out to the gardener, "Come! Help me with my load! Come pick and make a platz, a pie, anything We need more time We can carry the colours through, because we are green, gold and red Here in central Maryland, it is still very humid and summery.
As an October baby, autumn is my favorite season! Mosquitoes will soon stop chasing me around the garden. We can enjoy the colorful leaves, pumpkins, apples and warm drinks. Time for flannels, corduroy and sweaters pretty soon. Sometimes I really envy some animals ability to hibernate. Wish I could have went to sleep around May and woke up around October, as that is how long summer seems to last in Texas. Your pictures are beautiful.
May I use some of your pictures for illustration in my book on forest ecology. I have not determined which ones I will use. I will write the proper citation regarding the source of the pictures. This book is for education purposes, not for commercial ones. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Wiryono. I was able to stand two eggs this morning am Which makes 20 years that I have been standing eggs on the equinox Bogus science and mythology in celebration of the season! Autumn like the other seasons, I feel, reach their apex on the day that most people feel they start.
Its a transitional thing where one gradually melds into the next. Its not so distinctive. There needs to be a rethink about this. In Vancouver Washington we have noticed leaves changing to fall color and starting to drop for the past 2 weeks even though we are still having summer temps during the day.
Come on Fall! We miss you! Autumn shows her lovely face in August. The light starts a noticeable change. Shadows are getting longer, the angle of the sun changes. My dogwood starts to change to red. Not many berries this year. The huge oaks across the street are producing acorns this year. They are immature, green and small, but last year there were none. I love this time of year. The air is fresh, the heat is waning, the earth starts to glow with color along with the skies at dawn and sunset.
Love the autumn foods, love the sweaters, boots, socks, and corduroys. Happiness and contentment. In the Northern Hemisphere, it's the September equinox ; south of the equator, it is the equinox in March.
Meteorologists use a different method of defining the first day of fall. And, in some countries, the beginning of the seasons is determined by average temperatures rather than fixed dates or astronomical events. Meteorological and other seasons definitions.
In most locations on Earth—except for tropical regions—the start of fall is accompanied by rapidly shortening days. At any given location, the day-to-day difference in day length is greatest around the days of the equinoxes.
After the fall equinox , days still get shorter, but at an ever-decreasing rate. On the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice , the day-to-day difference reaches zero. At the same time, locations closer to the poles experience larger day-to-day differences. In Toronto , the day of the fall equinox is just under 3 minutes shorter than the previous day; in Miami , roughly kilometers or miles farther south, the difference is only about 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Our Earth is tilted as it orbits the Sun, which is the reason we have seasons on Earth.
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