Quiet, dark Monhegan Island, Maine

[mainebrien]

I spent 8 nights in a 90 year old cottage on Monhegan Island, 10 miles offshore. Once the 4pm boat leaves for the mainland, it gets really quiet--and dark. Not a single streetlight. Population is a whopping 68.
Images is of the DT Sheridan, a tugboat shipwrecked 72 years ago.View attachment 554View attachment 554View attachment 554

 

[Joe B]

Maybe it's just me, but the pic isn't showing up. Sounds nice, though

 

[mainebrien]

I'll try again.

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[Joe B]

Cool stuff. The blue cast from the light around the wreck almost makes it look like it's frozen in ice on a quick glance. Too bad the milky way isn't a little more over to the left, but nice that you got to capture it.

 

[mainebrien]

Cool stuff. The blue cast from the light around the wreck almost makes it look like it's frozen in ice on a quick glance. Too bad the milky way isn't a little more over to the left, but nice that you got to capture it.

Yep, you're right. But, you had to be there, alone, in the dark. The rocks around the wreck are treacherous and you have to jump from one to the other to get into position. And it's a long ways out in the dark. Actually, this is one frame of a not so successful pano. I used to scuba dive on wrecks in about 130 ft of water and it was all blue until you got about 50 ft away and the wreck would be lying in the sand like the photo. Brings back memories for me. Of course, for everyone else, it's "why didn't he put the MW behind the wreck?" I do understand. Thanks for your comments.

 

[Yezdi]

Awesome

 

[Callie]

Lovely image, and capturing the stars correctly is something I must still learn!

 

[sonya580]

Spooky! Looks like something from outer space.