A perfect sunrise lights up an autumn sky on the quiet west side of Mount Desert Island, located just outside Acadia National Park.

On a normal day, Hadlock Falls is barely a trickle, as I found out to my disappointment several years ago. But after a heavy downpour, the Falls comes alive with a torrent of water gushing down into Hadlock Brook and flowing under Waterfall Bridge. Acadia is not known for its waterfalls, but Hadlock Falls is its most impressive one by far.

A stunning sunset dips below the horizon at Bass Harbor Marsh, filling the pools of water with a purple- orange glow- the best I’ve ever seen here in fifteen years.

The light plays an endless cycle of reflections in the bed of a small stream on Mount Desert Island.

First Summer Sunset, Bubble Pond

Sunrise, Monument Cove

Still Morning, Bubble Pond

Maple Leaf Study in Black and White