We had a dark, wet weekend. Gray and overcast is not an infrequent forecast in fall. But the prediction does not do justice to the striking color remaining on the forest. Sadly, the foliage season is coming to an end. Click on the image for a larger view.
Tag Archives: Nature
Harvest Moon
A tractor and potato harvester in a moon-lit field. Click on the image for a larger view.
Fall Color
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Fruit of the Forest
While not exactly edible, the falling foliage is the fruit of our forest. In the summer, it gives the gift of shade, in the fall, the gift of color. It then protects and feeds the ground. I am not sure of the fungus, yet another kind of fruit, but the green is a wilting lily of the valley. Click on the image for a larger view.
Celebrating Fall
Farewell to Summer
A ghostly Milky Way behind a waxing moon from the summit of Mt. Cadillac in Acadia National Park. The Cranberry Islands and the Gulf of Maine are below. This is the summer Milky Way, which reveals the center of our galaxy. Soon the summer Milky Way will set before the sun, hiding itself until next year. Click on the image for a larger view.
Autumn Sunset
The warmth of the sunset is made more acute with the changing foliage. This meadow on Mt. Cadillac in Acadia National Park is illuminated by the fading glow of the sky. Click on the image for a larger view.
Columbus Day
Columbus Day marks a major turning point in history when the culture of the “Old World” met the “New” one. The common narrative is the civilizing force of European culture built a nation from an untamed wilderness. But this invasion was brutal, as most colonization is—Europeans are not the only colonizers in history. Click on the image for a larger view.
Fall 2016
The weather was a wet and overcast this weekend. Fairly typical for early fall. The photograph is of a red maple sapling in our field, which is trading its green for the rustic colors of fall. Click on the image for a larger view.
Last Light
Mt. Webster being hidden by the shadows of Mt. Field and Mt. Willey at sunset in Crawford Notch State Park in New Hampshire. Click on the image for a larger view.
