Fall is in the air—officially. The September equinox marks the transition from summer to autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, while in the Southern Hemisphere, spring is just beginning. The term "equinox," derived from Latin, means "equal night." It marks one of two points during the year when the sun sits directly over the equator, and the Earth receives roughly equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
Autumnal equinox
Today in History
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
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Step into the dark
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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It’s oh so quiet
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Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Upstate autumn
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The roots of invention
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San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
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Diwali
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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Illuminated Uluru
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The snows of Fuji
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A grand event
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A great white egret in Hungary
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Cherry blossoms at the National Mall, Washington, DC
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Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Laguna de Torrevieja, Spain
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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It s time to fall back
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Santorini, Greece
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North Sea at sunset, Norddorf, Germany
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The mountain of 30,000 sakura
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What, no escalator?
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Splashes of color for Watercolor Month
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