In winter, the beauty of the landscape is lost on some. They see only black and white, very little color, and are lost.
But if they look just a little longer, exqusite beauty will express itself in subtle and dramatic ways.
But most likely they just head out to warmer spots, in search of brighter colors.
Sea smoke occurs when the air is much colder than the water below. It’s essentially a cloud. The evaporation happens faster than the air can absorb the water vapor and the surface wind blows it across the sea.
Just another beautiful, but chilly, part of winter in Maine.
If you can’t be in Maine, here’s a way to see what it’s like to wake to a sunrise with the sound of a lobster boat in the background.
(Still fiddling with a new camera.) The night of the Harvest Moon was too foggy to really see it. This was the next night.
It was bright orange as it came up over the horizon.
And got brighter and whiter as it rose, spreading sparkles over the water. You’ll notice that it’s not fully round — the top right edge is soft.
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The names of the full moons are – - January — Full Wolf Moon; February — Full Snow Moon, March – Full Worm Moon; April – Full Pink Moon; May – Full Flower Moon; June – Full Strawberry Moon; July – Full Buck Moon; August – Full Sturgeon Moon; September -- Full Corn Moon; October – Full Harvest Moon; November – Full Beaver Moon; December – Full Cold Moon.
A Blue Moon is the second full moon in one month.
The names are a mix of the names both the Indians and the European settlers used. There’s a bit more info at The Farmers Almanac.
These pics were taken before the moon bombing, a very interesting project by NASA.
The sky often merges into the water, and you can’t tell where one stops and the other begins.
The skies in Maine can be very dramatic. This was just a crazy cloud formation. What was going on up there?
But this was a giant storm cloud that moved quickly across the bay, pounding us with a swift douse of heavy rain.
Sunshine wasn’t far behind.
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