In September, autumn is already clearly noticeable. The Indian summer often still holds summer temperatures during the day, but at night and in the morning it can be bitterly cold. Slowly the nights become longer than the days. The year is now gradually coming to an end, and man and nature are already beginning to prepare for winter. Rémi Cabanac can observe the autumn equinox at its best during the clear nights at the observatory on the Pic du Midi in the French Pyrenees. In many places, people are now meticulously preparing for winter. Self-supporters Silvio and Catrin Roßberg bring in their homegrown harvest on their farm in Thuringia. The apple harvest in the Swabian Alb is also about to begin, and fruit grower Jörg Geiger is checking the ripeness of his fruit. Fisherman Jan Bruhns is preparing for the eel season in East Frisia and is one of the last eel fishermen in the area to fasten his nets in the Ems River. While biologist Andreas Marten conducts a spider count in the Harz Mountains, it's cone harvesting time in Thuringia. Maik Oertel and Toni Reinhardt collect the cones from coniferous trees. The seeds in the cones are then used for tree reproduction.