Gallery: Israel the Beautiful - fall favorites

A mixture of plantings produces a rainbow of seasonal color on this hillside near Rosh Pina.

A valley in the Judean Mountains south of Jerusalem at the height of fall color.

Seemingly on fire in the waning afternoon light, this valley below Efrat in Gush Etzion features a mix of yellow grape vines and orange fruit trees.

Olive, pear, plum and eucalyptus combine to create this bucolic fall scene in an orchard near Metualla in the northern Galilee.

A pair of colorful leaves from a plum tree, shot at close range using a macro lens.

Using a technique known as compositional framing, this image features a view through a colorful grapevine in the Judean Mountains to the warmly colored hillside on the opposite slope.

The rapid expansion of Israel’s wine industry during the past five years has led to widespread planting of vineyards across the country. Here, a mix of grape varieties produces a range of colorful fall vines in the Judean Mountains in Gush Etzion.

An elevated view of a colorful fall hillside in the Judean Mountains near Efrat.

A single grape leaf, shot close up using a macro lens. Fall is a season of decay and yet beauty abounds, even as leaves dry up and tumble to the ground, only to return again with the advent of spring.