Septembe

r
Day and Night
Music: ASUS Score-Hear The
Incredible

Southern Hemisphere
September
Spring above the Antarctic Ocean
near the coastline of Antarctica,
the midnight sun rises over ice

The dark starry sky of the Great Ocean Road

in Victoria, Australia. The southern Milky
Milky Way risingWay from Centaurus
to the Southern Cross (top)
behind gum
Milky
over the Southern
Ocean Way
is the Small
trees at
Magellan Cloud rising

Flanagan's

Queensland, Australia -the

Moon's edge
and the direct rays of Spring
sunlight

Coles Bay FreycinetAustralia

Australia
green
Wattle

Flannel Flower Native to

Australia natural growth
surrounding the bush land of
Sydney

New ZealandAoraki, Mt.

Cook National
Park halo
circle
over the sun
and
snowcapped
cloudy
mountain
tops of the
rugged

An early evening moonlit night

of Laguna Verde, salt lake at
4350m in Chile.
The skies of the region allow
some of the best astronomical
observations in the world

Argentina

Patagonia
September

Bolivia
Uyuni Salt Mine

Ice formations called penitents glow by moonlight in Chile's highaltitude Atacama Desert. The formations are created when
snowpack heats unevenly and converts directly from solid ice to
gasin patches, leaving behind blades

Jacaranda Trees in full bloom

Jacaranda
native
Blossomto Australia, South Africa,
Zimbabwe

Namibia Fish

Wildlife gathering at the

hole
Riverwater
Canyon

Sossusvlei_Namib
ia

Sunrise September
Morning
Mossaka Congo

Mt. Kilimangiaro Tanzania

The Glacier at the receding
edge
ENGARUKA
abandoned irrigation
system set parallel to the
Great Rift Valley through
northern Tanzania

September dry
spell

June to October are generally the best

and
times Zebra
to trek
the mountain
Impala

The Nakuru National Park- sanctuary home of

flamingos.
These long-legged birds with thin flexible neck
have a unique color, which depends directly on
their diet. Flamingo's natural white-gray
feathers turn pink or even red depending on the
amount of small red crustaceans (krill) and
algae they eat
(Kenya)

Flamingo
Bogoria
Lake
Kenya

Star constellation Leo planet Venus (the brightest) and

Saturn (upper left of Venus)at the break of dawn over
the relief of Ardashir I (226-242) founder of the
Sassanid Empire of ancient Persia-Naqsh-e Rustam (or
Rostam)

Waterfall
in the
Alborz
Mountain
s of

The Harvest Moon

(full moon nearest the autumnal equinox)
rises over landscape Hamadan, Iran

Iran

2500
year
old
Tower
in Iran

Marigolds are used in

garlands- to
decorate religious
statues and buildings
and as offerings and
decoration at various
spiritual
ceremonies.

Tagetes Erecta
commonly called the Marigold
Aztec marigoldFlowerpicking in the cultivars

Valley of Flowers National Park

a World Heritage Site
part of the Nanda Devi Biosphere
in the interior of Garhwal Himalayas
(Uttarakhand) India

Photo sequencing of the rising sun above the

India Gate in the heart of New Delhi-country's
national monument-built in 1931

A
World Heritage Site
- Sagarmatha
National Park
Nepal

Behind a clear view

of the tip of the
Himalayas

China, Panjin Red Beach

Tai Shan
the most sacred
mountain in China,
where emperors
prayed
for the country's
safety.
A place of worship
for over 3000 years

Phenomena caused by a type of sea weed Sueda. It grows in

Spring, stays green during the summer and becomes a vivid
Crimson in autumn

Korea Geojedo Island

Korea Jirisan
Mountain

SEOUL - The World Traditional

Haegeumgang
Medicine Fair
Crag

SEOUL - The World Traditional

Medicine Fair

At Oedo, a small island off the

coast of Geojedo. Oedo is
dominated by a large botanical
garden called Oedo Botania

Haegeumgang
- boat ride
around the
crags

September in
Japan
Red Wattle
Cosmos flower
Blue Flax
Linum perenne
flora growth
natural to Japan

Spider lilies in full bloom, near Tokyo

Red spider lilies, or Higanbana

September in Japan
to see the Higanbana in bloom

September
Orchids & Gum
Tree flowers

Phillippines
&
Association
of
Southeast
Asian
Nations
(A.S.E.A.N.)

Dendrubiums, Orchids,
Flower of Happiness,
Morning Glory, Fuscia

Manila

Acacia Julibrissin Dealbata Red Mimosa

flower species

Abutilon menziesii :
Hawaii : Hawaii - endemic
species
grows
all
bright stars
Sirius-(top)
and
year round
Canopus appear
above the

Acacia Leprosa
Scarlett Blaze Wattle Pacific Ocean. Landscape of

Whittington Beach State Park

on the Big Island

Alpinia Purpurata

Brighamia insignis
Hawaii September

Fall in Hawaii
Typical
September flower
garden
morning glory,
Ipomoea, Aster,
Sapphirne,
Coreopsis,
Rudbeckia,
Helleborus

Half Dome Peak Yosemite

National Park

Cedar Breaks National Monument

The Grand Canyon

panoramic view from west
(left) to east
The yellow-red light of early
twilight just after sunset,
illuminating the canyon on
the right

The Milky Way a starry autumn night arched above the

Grand Canyon. This wide angle panorama starts from
the Summer Triangle above the canyon's north rim to
Orion and other winter constellations rising on the right

A long
exposure
image
captures
star trails
over the
skyscrape
rs
-----Manh
attan,
New York

Lily Pads Minnesota

Early twilight rays above the Earths shadow (with the

Belt of Venus). Vapours from Alaskan volcano Kasatochi
rise to the stratosphere creating an amazing sunset.

Aurora borealis reaching high

above Alaska

Northern lights flare above Yellowknife. The ghostly green

ribbons appear when charged particles blasted off to crash
against Earth's magnetic field

The aurora borealis across the shores of

Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest
Northern lights across the shores of Pontoon Lake in the Northwest
Territories, Canada
Territories

Northern lights
(aurora borealis)
appear above southern
Greenland. Wandering
icebergs are visible

Aurora borealis arched above southern Greenland.

Visible is the Big Dipper and surrounding constellation
(Ursa Major).

The Atlantic Ocean

Roadway aerial view
Atlantic
Ocean
early twilight
the
expressway connects a
Road
series of outer islands to
the mainland

Norway

Side view

Femundsmarka National Park - Norway

September air over Mount Aneto-the highest

mountain in the Pyrenees -Spain's thirdhighest mountain (3404 m).
Located near the border with France

Majorca
Spain
Night sky panoramic
moonrise over La Graciosa, smallest
inhabited island
of the Canary Islands the biggest island of the Chinijo
Archipelago

September
Around the World

September Around the World