When fall arrives and the leaves begin to change, the result can be jaw-dropping on Earth and even looking down from space.

The image above shows a side-by-side comparison of the United States' mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. In the photo on the left, taken on Sept. 27, fall foliage had not yet begun in most places. But in the image on the right, widespread fall foliage can be seen from space on Nov. 2.

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Both images were taken by the Suomi NPP satellite, according to NOAA. Further to the north, fall foliage was already past its peak in the Nov. 2 image, but in the region captured by the satellite, viewers can really see the widespread expanse of the color change.

For reference, the diagonal lines in the center of the photo are the Appalachian Mountains, which change to a reddish-brown hue in the second photo.

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