In visible light, seaweed is dark, like the rock it inhabits. But in the near infrared, seaweed appears white. Water absorbs that same infrared, making the rocks and islands above its surface glow. Click on the image for a larger view.
Category Archives: Maine Coast
Marshall Point
Marshall Point lighthouse and Gunning Rocks off the coast in the Gulf of Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Pools
Life in tidal pools on the rocks of Pemaquid Point. Click on the image for a larger view.
Submerged
Rocks off Pemaquid Point, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Standing on an Edge
At Pemaquid Point, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Maine Summer
The ocean is the quintessential icon of summer in Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
New Foliage
May is here. We are starting to see this years foliage. The early green is so vibrant compared to the darker greens of summer. These particular trees are in Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in Phippsburg, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Colors
From Pemaquid Point. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sea, Surf, and Sky
Water breaking on the rocks at high tide on the other side of Jaquish Gut from Bailey Island. Click on the image for a larger view.
Currents
A bed of seaweed off Bailey Island. Click on the image for a larger view.
Sky and Sea
The Gulf of Maine from Pemaquid Point. Click on the image for a larger view.
Rocks at Pemaquid Point
Pemaquid Point, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Channels
Water draining from sand dunes begins to cut channels into the flat surface of a beach. This is somewhat of an optical illusion. If you think the light is coming from the right, then the channels will seem to protrude from the surface. If you think from the left, then the channels appear to cut into the surface, as they actually do. Reid State Park, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Drift Wood
Reid State Park, Maine. Click on the image for a larger view.
Beach Combing
It was an unusually warm and sunny day in Maine for February. Naomi and I went to Reid State Park to walk along its sand beaches. The images are opposing views from where I was standing. Click on the image for a larger view.
Winter Sun
Naomi and I went to Bailey Island this weekend to enjoy one of the few sunny days we have in the last month. The winter sun hangs low in the sky, setting just past four in the afternoon—this was taken at 3 pm. 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.
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