A clear January morning in Down East Maine looks like this. This image was taken today at about 11:15 a.m.
We’re looking southwest over the North Field, with its long rock wall; over Great Cove and Babson Island, the Cove’s biggest protector; over Eggemoggin Reach, the famous sailing channel, and out to Deer Isle, which obscures the Atlantic Ocean in this view.
It’s 30 degrees (F) on our ridge with a wind chill that makes it feel like 21 degrees. The wind is sweeping down from the northwest at a rate of 10 miles per hour with frequent gusts reaching 17. It’s cold and the rain chain is frozen:
(Brooklin, Maine)