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Today is the beginning of meteorological Autumn which when nature starts getting more colorful. The third season is all about harvest, golden leaves connected to many feast such as Halloween and Thanksgiving.
The beginning of fall is the time of a furious change in weather , cold fronts make the temperature sink. But when autumn comes along with warm and sunny days and cold nights people call this Indian Summer.
There is a meteorological and an astronomical beginning of the autumn season. The meteorological seasons are structured to the months of year and always start on the first day of the month. In the decades before we had computers, this way statistics could have been made up easier. On the Northern Hemisphere, September, October and November belong to the meteorological autumn where as the astronomic point of view starts with the moment of the Autumn Equinox.
In autumn plants start to remove the green chlorophyll in their leaves and store it in their strains and branches. This leads to the typical yellow, red, orange and brown color spectrum of autumn. After that the plant stops supplying the leaves, which then dry out and fall off. The fall leaves serve as a winter shelter and food source for numerous creatures like the butterfly caterpillar, hedgehogs and lady beetles.
The colorful autumn foliage forms an insulation blanket on the ground. So it rather wouldn’t frost or dry out. The first spring flowers of the next year can grow better, protected by the the foliage. The foliage turns into humus which provides a rich nutrient offering for the trees and bushes. On streets and in the cities this foliage can become a real danger, as it easily forms a very slippery mess on the asphalt.
Fall represents two moods, which are both referred to as lyric and arts. On the one hand it is about dark moods , days getting shorter, spooky Halloween and so on, and on the other hand they talk about the golden season, a time of harvest and beauty. This season has existed ever since the first documentation of the weather in the 19th century.
To celebrate today, enjoy the beauty all around you !
2 comments:
I do hate to see the shorter days come, but Fall is beautiful.
What a hodgepodge of honorees this month!
Interesting facts about meteorological v astronomic beginnings to my favorite season. So far I'm holding off decorating -- it was still a hot day (92*), but in my heart I'm celebrating all things pumpkin spice. (lol)
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