The nights are closing in with the sun setting around 4:30. Unlike the slowly fading glow of the summer sky, this light does not have the power to illuminate the land as the sun passes behind the horizon. This is a harsh beauty signally the advance of winter. Click on the image for a larger view.
Tag Archives: Fall in Maine
Acadian Seas
The Gulf of Maine and the coastline of Mt. Desert Island in Acadia National Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Transitions
The forest transitions at its own pace. Microclimates create individual schedules for areas throughout our forest. The beech and oak are the last to lose their leaves, although the beach will not drop their foliage until they are ready to renew it in the spring. Click on the image for a larger view.
Autumn Rain
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Winter Milky Way Rising
The days in Maine are shorter and the nights deeper. Coming home from our weekly grocery shopping, we were greeted by the winter Milky Way rising through the forest. That small bright patch in the center of the image is the Pleiades. Orion, which stalks that constellation across the sky, is just above the horizon at the bottom of the frame. Click on the image for a larger view.
Fall Salt Marsh, Part 2
Salt march at Reid State Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Fall Salt Marsh, Part 1
Beyond the beaches at Reid State Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Erosion
Half Mile Beach in Reid State Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Time and Tides
Mile Beach in Reid State Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Planes of Focus
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