At 800ft/250m, Mt. Battie in Camden Hills State Park is not a huge mountain. The area is mostly covered with mixed hardwood forests, but the ridges expose the plant life to harsh conditions. In areas with little soil, the flora appears to be more suited to alpine zones. And a rich mix of these plants cover the ground between slabs of granite. Click on the image for a larger view.
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Camden & Penobscot Bay
Camden is an affluent community on the coast of Penobscot bay—it is the quintessential New England village. Penobscot bay is a huge waterway that cuts deep into the Maine coast and defines the eastern edge of Central Maine. This image was taken from Mt. Battie in Camden Hills State Park, looking south towards the Gulf of Maine. 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
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.