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All the ways Maine is wicked good

Month: April 2019 (page 1 of 1)

April 21, 2019 / 0 Comments

Fog

The fog here is beautiful, and not the same as the Cheshire County N.H. fogs and mists, or the fog from home—though we do get some very dramatic fogs in Puget Sound, especially in late fall and early winter.

At home they call this ground fog. It’s especially common in early evening, when you can see it roll in to cover the ground.
When the fog is thick like this, it lingers for hours, coating windows and flat surfaces with drops of water when the fog leaves
You can get lost in the fog at home, especially on low-lying boggy
areas

I’ve been trying to take pictures of the Maine fog in the early morning and evening, as it winds through the trees. The fog looks like someone has wound gauze ribbon in and out and around the trunks and branches of the trees. I’ve mostly failed to capture the way the fog looks. The fog looks tangible, as if you could reach out and tug on it to move a ribbon.

My friend Heather has done much better in these Bailey Island Lands End photos.

Image: Heather Gelwick
Image credit: Heather Gelwick
April 7, 2019 / 0 Comments

Icicles

At home, we don’t see icicles that often; frost is more common. It’s often a thick, deep frost that is clearly crystalline in nature, coating solid objects, leaves, and even blades of grass.

Image credit: Mel Sherman

Image credit: Mel Sherman

I’ve been trying to take pictures of icicles in Maine and the way they reflect the light, often displaying an almost iridescent shimmer that I have completely failed to capture. The icicles have been impressive every winter, but this year was particularly remarkable for the extent and frequency of ice coating the bushes and leaves.