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Maine's Celestial Delights |
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On the weekend of Sept 21 2009 I had the good fortune of staying at mooselakehouse due to my guests, the Horrocks, coming in one day later than planned. I took advantage of the delay and photographed the milky way above great moose lake from the driveway. An absolutely beautiful evening graced the skies that evening. This is a composite of 30 minutes worth of exposure time. |
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Many many many years ago, my folks took me to a campground in Freedom NH and I remember looking out over the water and seeing the stars touch the lake, and that stuck with me for many years, so much so that I thought perhaps it wasn't even real. Well into my 30's, when I took up astronomy, I realized what I had seen was the southern stretch of the milky way all the way down to the horizon. About two thirds of the United States is so light polluted that you can't even see the milky way, but the vast majority of the US can't see the Milky way more than 30 degrees off the horizon. Well, at this home tucked away in the woods, far away from the nearest source of major light pollution (Augusta, ME, 40 miles to the south), you'll see the night time sky like never before. Also, since this home has a clear view of the north, there's a reasonably good chance you'll see the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, like never before. These photos were all taken by me in the Great Moose Lake area in 2002 and 2003. |
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These photos were taken in August of 2003 of the southern part of the Milky way, the constellations Sagitarrius, Scorpio and Acquilla are prominent in these photos. This is very typical of what you'll see under a dark clear sky on Great Moose Lake. |
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Caught this aurora July 24th 2004. It lasted for about 4 hours in all and was the talk of the town the next morning! |
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In September of 2002, I was fortunate enough to have my cameras at the ready when this beautiful Aurora erupted from the northern heavens. To this day, this is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, and while I must say that an aurora like this only happens a few times a year at mid northern latitudes, when it does happen, there's nowhere you'd rather be then at Great Moose Lake with a clear view of the Northern heavens! |
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Moonrise over Moose Lake! This photo on the left was taken by Bill and Dee during the last week of October, 2004. I'm thinking that this was probably the same night as the World Series Lunar Eclipse... That's the red eclipsed moon on the right. |
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