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.
Tag Archives: Nature
Time and Tides
Mile Beach in Reid State Park. Click on the image for a larger view.
Planes of Focus
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Gray and Overcast
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.
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.
