图片画廊：美国的秋天

译者 毛毛雨

Japanese Maple, North Carolina

Photograph by Melissa Farlow

摄影：梅丽莎•法洛（Melissa Farlow）

The lacy leaves and wandering branches of a Japanese maple lend drama to the grounds of the Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. Built in 1895 by George Washington Vanderbilt, the Biltmore is the largest private residence in the United States and includes more than 75 acres (30 hectares) of manicured gardens.

Grizzly, Alaska

阿拉斯加的灰熊

Photograph by Alaska Stock Images

摄影：阿拉斯加库存图片

Autumn paints the valleys of Denali National Park in Alaska, home to more than 650 species of flowering plants—and many animal species. Fall brings changing patterns of color and motion to much of the United States, which covers lands from the tropics to the Arctic.

Maple Tree, Utah

犹他州的槭树

Photograph by Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures

摄影：提姆•斐兹哈里斯（Tim Fitzharris）/明登图片

Red maple leaves and gold on a cottonwood announce the arrival of fall in the pink sandstone canyons of Zion National Park in Utah. Both tree species hug water sources in this arid land of high plateaus and rock towers.

红枫叶和棉白杨树上的金黄色宣布了秋天已经来到了犹他州锡安国家公园各个粉红色的砂岩峡谷。这两个树种持有着这片干旱的高原和岩石山的水资源。

Eagle Lake, Maine

缅因州的鹰湖

Photograph by Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures

摄影：提姆•斐兹哈里斯（Tim Fitzharris）/明登图片

Autumn’s grandeur spreads across Eagle Lake on Mount Desert Island, one of several coastal islands that make up Acadia National Park in Maine. Eagle Lake, which supplies water to nearby Bar Harbor, is deep, clear, and relatively free of plant life.

Aspen Trees, Colorado

科罗拉多的颤杨树

Photograph by Carr Clifton/Minden Pictures

摄影：卡尔•克利夫顿（Carr Clifton）/明登图片

Quaking aspens like these in the Elk Mountains of western Colorado, whose leaves tremble in the slightest wind, are common across North America. Known for tolerating poor soils and cold climates, aspens flash yellow against their white bark in an unmistakable sign of coming winter.

Marcellina Mountain, Colorado

科罗拉多的玛塞丽娜山

Photograph by Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures

摄影：提姆•斐兹哈里斯（Tim Fitzharris）/明登图片

Colorado’s Raggeds Wilderness—named for peaks like Marcellina Mountain—turns to gold in autumn. The wilderness covers nearly 65,000 acres (26,000 hectares) of the White River and Gunnison National Forests. It includes some of the world’s largest stands of fast-growing aspen trees, which can gain 5 feet (1.5 meters) in a year.

Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

弗吉尼亚的雪伦多亚河谷

Photograph by Medford Taylor

摄影：梅德福特•泰勒

Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is ablaze with fall colors—the yellow and orange of poplars, birches, striped maples, and hickories, punctuated with the red of sugar and red maples. The valley runs 200 miles (300 kilometers) across the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains. Barn and field echo the nickname given to the valley during the Civil War—Breadbasket of the Confederacy.

Denali State Park, Alaska

阿拉斯加的德纳里州立公园

Photograph by Alaska Stock Images

摄影：阿拉斯加库存图片

Hikers in Denali State Park, just east of the national park, take in awe-inspiring views of the Alaska Range. They follow Little Coal Creek Trail through alpine meadows overlooking a river bright with glacial silt.

Central Park, New York

纽约的中央公园

Photograph by Melissa Farlow

摄影：梅丽莎•法洛（Melissa Farlow）

Autumn softens this aerial view of New York City’s Central Park, the first public park built in the U.S. With roughly 25 million visitors each year, it is also the most frequented park. Yet the park's 843 acres (341 hectares), seven bodies of water, and more than 30 bridges and arches offer a vital sense of calm and space in the city that never sleeps.

Portland, Maine

缅因的波特兰

Photograph by Bill Curtsinger

摄影：比尔•克特辛格（Bill Curtsinger）

Autumn winds stop a girl on a sidewalk in Portland, Maine. The leaves that surround her are from maples, oaks, and dozens of other species, the result of an aggressive tree-planting program in the 1970s. Long called the “Forest City,” Portland maintains at least 20,000 trees today, including about a hundred elm trees that survived a 1960s outbreak of Dutch Elm disease.