The oaks seem to be the last of the hardwoods to lose their leaves. Away from the coast, Acadia National Park has beautiful groves of oak trees. The rich, golden-brown canopy may not compete with aspen and maple for dazzling color, but now, without that competition, oak dominates the landscape. Click on the image for a larger view.
Category Archives: Acadia National Park
Under Dorr Mountain
It is late in the foliage season in Maine. Naomi and I went out to Acadia National Park this weekend to enjoy the remaining color. Click on the image for a larger view.
Change
The view of the fading day from Little Hunters Beach. Acadia National Park is often described as a timeless, unchanging landscape. Perhaps on a human scale, but the land is changing. Every rainfall, every tide takes a little away. The winter ice splits rock. And the colonizing biology leaves its mark. Click on the image for a larger view.
Little Hunters Beach
Little Hunters Beach is just down the coast from Otter Cliffs. It is a geologic junkyard. This detritus shows the metamorphosis of our planet through time. The colors mark events and transitions. Click on the image for a larger view.
Bladder Wrack
Bladder wrack, Fucus vesiculosis, colonizing the faults in the rock of Otter Cliffs. Also known as rockweed, this seaweed carves out its life in the high intertidal zone. Click on the image for a larger view.
Old Soaker Island
Old Soaker Island off the coast of Mt. Desert Island from Otter Cliffs in Acadia National Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
A Sucker for Color
I am a sucker for color. This time of year, I simply get drunk on the stuff. There is a quiet section of road in Acadia National Park that has a stand of young quaking aspen. It is a delightful place at any time of the year, but, in the fall, it is magic. Click on the image for a larger view.
Calm
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Autumn Beach
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September Seas
From Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park. The scale of this place is hard to imagine. The rocks in the foreground would dwarf a human. Click on the image for a larger view.
