Tracks in Snow

Railroad tracks in Bowdoin, Maine, rest quietly beneath a fresh blanket of snow.

Trapped

A bird sits inside a landlocked lobster trap in South Freeport Harbor, Maine.

Loon at Sunrise

A loon faces the sun and warms up in the early morning light in Harraseeket Harbor.

Dew Drops

Dew drops rest on grass on a cool spring morning.

Disuse

A dinghy sits in a marsh waiting for summer at Wolfe's Neck.

Shells

A blue mussel shell stands out among the gastropods at Wolfe's Neck State Park in Freeport, Maine.

Gull

Greed and gluttony eternally haunt the eyes of the seagull. Particularly this one at Drift Inn Beach in Port Clyde, Maine.

Squirrel Point Sunrise

The sun rises over the Kennebec River and Squirrel Point Light near Phippsburg, Maine.

Two Lights

Portland Head Light and Halfway Rock Light stand opposed to each other in the early morning light in Maine.

Waxwing Lookout

A Cedar Waxwing looks out from the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.

Granite Creek

Cool water seeps over granite boulders trailside in Acadia National Park.

Port Clyde Sunset

The sun sets over Drift Inn Beach in Port Clyde, Maine, as stars begin to emerge.

Marshall Point Sunrise I

The sun rises behind Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde, Maine.

Marshall Point Sunrise II

The view down the keeper's bridge to the Marshall Point Lighthouse is downright pleasant in calm weather.

Old Windows

Windows are lit by candles at a house in one of Freeport, Maine's national historic districts.

Pemaquid Sunrise

With only a few moments before the automated light at Pemaquid shuts off, the sun hasn't yet peaked over the horizon.

Monolithic

The early morning sun shines on Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.

Path through the Pines

Wood planks reveal the trail through the tall conifers at Camden Hills State Park, Maine.

Unassuming History

The old barn at Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery, perched on the slopes of Keuka Lake amidst the vines. Dr. Frank was one of the pioneers of viticulture in what is now the thriving, world-class wine-producing Finger Lakes region in New York.

Stepped Waterfalls

Knick points on knick points at Watkins Glen, New York.

Barnard Mountain Road

With evening fast approaching, the late afternoon light lit up the fall colors on the logging road in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Katahdin Sunset

The serene view from Barnard Mountain takes in Katahdin, Maine's tallest mountain and a climb to rival the Rockies, to the west.

Pluton

Katahdin and the mountains around it are remnants of a pluton--a giant body of magma that formed below the surface and crystallized; the surface that covered the magma when it first intruded has since eroded away--that formed 400 million years ago. The pluton formed when the ancient microcontinent of Avalonia slammed (as much as rocks traveling a few cm/year can slam) into North America during the Acadian Orogeny. Later, what would become the mid-Atlantic ridge of volcanoes split what was left of the microcontinent, so that the fragments of Avalonia were scattered on both sides of the ocean and now comprise parts of New England, Canada, Ireland, the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, and Poland.