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Sunset [6:33:22 EDT]
Blue Hill Overlook on Cadillac Mountain
Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island, Maine
Our mid-September trip to New England found us in warmer, more humid weather than anticipated, and also with more clouds and fog than expected -- but a bright spot occurred our second evening in the Acadia area. Although there were plenty of clouds, they were broken rather than being a solid mass (above), so we set out for Cadillac Mountain to see what we could see. So did many, many others -- large crowds in what we thought was an off-season -- and we didn't make it to the top of Cadillac, due to a stream of cars overflowing the parking area. I turned around and went a short distance down the road to Blue Hill Overlook, which proved to be a very good place to view the sunset. Arriving about an hour before sunset, we had no trouble getting a parking space (Blue Hill Overlook did overflow before sunset, though) and I staked out my position, along with several other photographers. As seen in this shot, taken almost exactly at sunset, the sunset display itself was rather weak; a large portion of the crowd left right after sunset, but those who stayed were rewarded with outstanding afterglow (see next post). The view here includes Eagle Lake in the foreground, a small pond that I think is Aunt Betty Pond, and bays on the west side of Mt. Desert Island (Western Bay on some, but not all, maps).
Acadia, the oldest national park in eastern United States, was created in 1916 as Sieur de Monts National Monument, became Lafayette National Park in 1919, and in 1929 was renamed Acadia National Park. Its 49,000-plus acres lie principally on Mt. Desert Island, but partly on a few nearby islands and Schoodic Peninsula.
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We had a cloudy sky today, big fat cumulus clouds, the first we have seen since May. Thundershowers are forecast for tomorrow, (60%), and they will be very welcome.
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The moon tonight through the light cloud cover. I played around a bit on it using Nikon Capture NX and with the exception of the blue border on the right side of the moon I'm pretty happy with it.
Panorama of ISS038 images of a cloudy day above the ocean. I ran a bit more color processing with this image.
On my way to getting gas and food, I had to capture the beauty of the clouds over the mountains. Clouds don't stick around too often here but when they do, they offer a majestic, whole new way of looking at the mountains.
Early Saturday, I went for an enjoyable morning walk. It was very humid, gray skies, still air with no breeze, a typical midwest summer morning. With the predicted heat wave, I thought it would be good to walk early. This was taken on Evening Island, Chicago Botanic Garden Jul 16, 2011 L1170840.dng
The sky was mostly cloudy this morning at the greenbelt park. Many of the trees are completely covered by vines like this one. Most of the vegetation is still dormant for winter, but some plants and trees have started sprouting new growth and flowers. We have not had a freeze since mid-January and it was warm today with a high near 74F (25C) in my backyard. Birds were singing like the start of spring and the spring fever is catching. However a light freeze is forecast early next week and another one late in the week, so some of the sprouting plants may get nipped in the bud.
A cloudy panorama from this morning, luckily this cooler weather is leaving us (for now).
I guess we can't have perfect blue skies all the time....
14 image panorama @ 65mm and f/11
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