
Summer showers over Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Summer showers over Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

Around sunset, from Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Summer brings heavy rain and flash flooding to the high desert in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah.

A small island off the coast of Schoodic Peninsula.

A double rainbow in a late afternoon sky.

Spruce branches frame the North Basin of Katahdin in Baxter State Park.

Late afternoon sky on a winter day at Popham Beach.

Walking along the shoreline of McGrath Pond in my home town of Oakland, I was struck by this arrangement of high and low clouds and the reflections on the thin ice and water surface. It lasted for only a brief moment; the three clouds in the upper left of the image dispersed quickly.

With the clouds reflecting as they were on the surface of Pockwockamus Pond near Baxter State Park, it seemed as if these lily pads were floating away — a nice thought as I floated off to sleep in my tent.

A perfect end to a summer day at Acadia.