The Golden Hour

2 minutes

The poet Stanley Horowitz once described autumn as a mosaic of all the other seasons combined. But in the eleven scenes that follow, Oklahoma’s landscapes light up the state with a late-in-the-year display that proves fall here is a time unlike any other.

Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by Iris Greenwell)

Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by Iris Greenwell)

Osage Hills State Park (Photo by Jakob Andrew)

Osage Hills State Park (Photo by Jakob Andrew)

Redbud leaf near Lake Overholser in Oklahoma City (Photo by John Jernigan)

Redbud leaf near Lake Overholser in Oklahoma City (Photo by John Jernigan)

Lake Murray State Park (Photo by Susan Dragoo)

Lake Murray State Park (Photo by Susan Dragoo)

A field north of Cheyenne (Photo by John Jernigan)

A field north of Cheyenne (Photo by John Jernigan)

Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)

Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)

Little Niagra Falls at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area near Sulphur (Photo by Cara Miller)

Little Niagra Falls at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area near Sulphur (Photo by Cara Miller)

Raymond Gary State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)

Raymond Gary State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)

Woodward Park in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)

Woodward Park in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)

Burning Bush at Philbrook Museum Gardens in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)

Burning Bush at Philbrook Museum Gardens in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)

Charon's Gardens Wilderness Area in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Photo by Stan Schwartz)

Charon's Gardens Wilderness Area in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Photo by Stan Schwartz)

Written By
Megan Rossman

Megan Rossman is Oklahoma Today's photography editor.

Megan Rossman