It’s autumn. A late afternoon sun is shining bright, shadows are growing long, and a blustery storm is blowing in fast.

This is a photo of a world about to change. It is the final hours of the final afternoon of Northern New Hampshire’s peak autumn color. The reds and oranges are brilliant. But they will soon start their scattering as a prolonged autumn storm moves in.

This is the winding Saco River as seen from the bridge heading into Conway, New Hampshire.