Autumn colors are at peak along the James River as seen from south of the flood wall in the Manchester District
Early morning light surrounds the small barrier island of trees in the James River near Brown's Island in Richmond, Virginia. The James River is calm in this stretch of the river known as the Falls of the James.
The October harvest moon is glowing over the Richmond city skyline, as viewed from the Lee Bridge. The James River is the largest river in Virginia, and the "Fall of the James" is the 7-mile stretch of the river where it drops more than 100 feet in altitude as it runs through Richmond, Virginia. This 7-mile stretch of the James River is near Bosher Dam and the waters around the 14th Street Bridge in downtown Richmond.