“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.” — Joan Miro
A photo is worth a thousand words. Do not feel creative this week, so I am posting just pictures. You can make up your own story.
Sunday, 09/15/2024: Posted photo — Acorn House.
The things you see when you hike. During today’s hike I came across this fenced in area for some acorns. Looks like some kids had fun corralling them. Looks like a good spot for wildlife to have a free meal.
Monday, 09/16/2024: Posted photo — Mt Monadnock.
A wonderful site, Mt Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, at sunset. The colors were wonderful tonight. If I remembered, I would have stayed on the summit to capture the Aurora. Forgot about it since this hike was more of a warm-down hike from the flags. Just wanted to ascend and descent quickly.
Tuesday, 09/17/2024: Posted photo — Sunset.
The clouds were starting to clear and the sun appeared. Not the best sunset I have seen, but the colors were wonderful.
Wednesday, 09/18/2024: Posted photo — Sundog.
A sundog. I was watching this sundog brighten and dull for over an hour tonight. One of the wonders of nature.
Doing a photo editing technique that I have not done in a while. This technique is called the Hockney style after David Hockney. This is the first time that I have doned this technique using GIMP. I create a script using Paint Shop Pro. I did remove Paint Shop Pro from my computer after using it for almost 30 years since it was not working well on my computer.
Friday, 09/20/2024: Post photo — Morning View.
The view this morning as I arrived at work. The mornings are getting darker. I wanted to capture the moon next to the flag. I attempted to lighten the flag, with no luck.
Saturday, 09/21/2024: Post photo — Levitate.
Needed a photo for a photo project that I am working on. This week’s topic is levitation. I made this pokeweed levitate.
“A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” — Irving Penn
This week ended with a special memorial hike.
Sunday, 09/08/2024: Posted photo — Mount Rainier.
Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning five major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainier’s lower slopes. Wildlife abounds in the park’s ecosystems. A lifetime of discovery awaits.
I have been to this mountain many times. We camped out in an area where we saw signs about being in a lava flow area.
Monday, 09/09/2024: Posted photo — Mount St. Helens.
At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, the north face of this tall symmetrical mountain collapsed in a massive rock debris avalanche. In a few moments this slab of rock and ice slammed into Spirit Lake, crossed a ridge 1,300 feet high, and roared 14 miles down the Toutle River.
I have been to Mount St. Helens over the years since the eruption and have seen the trees grow back, trees leave Spirit Lake, and the dome inside the crater growing. When I first saw the blast zone, I had a loss for words. You go through lush and dense forests, turn the corner, and then nothing. Trees look like pickup sticks in the direction of the blast. You need to see it.
Tuesday, 09/10/2024: Posted photo — Mesa Arch.
Perched at the edge of the mesa top, this 27-foot-long (8.3 m) arch frames views of the canyon far below and the La Sal Mountains in the distance.
I took this photo before I knew Masa Arch was famous. I took this during my first year to Canyon Lands National Park in the Island in the Sky area. Since then, I have been to the Needles section, and looking forward to going to the Maze section someday.
Visible from the parking loop at The Windows, Double Arch is an impressive feature—the tallest (112 ft/34 m) and second-longest (144 ft/44 m) arch in the park.
This is a composite photo. I took the sky from a photo of Balance Rock. If you look closely at the photo, you can see some people.
Mount Wachusett is a mountain in Massachusetts. It straddles towns of Princeton and Westminster, in Worcester County. It is the highest point in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut River. The mountain is named after a Native American term meaning “near the mountain” or “mountain place”.
This is an HDR photo from Round Meadow Pond.
Friday, 09/13/2024: Post photo — Sunset.
During my hike this week, I captured this sunset from the summit of Wachusett Mountain. This week was the last week that we will be returning from the summit without headlamps. We made it down just as astronomical twilight was ending and Nighttime was beginning.
Saturday, 09/14/2024: Post photo — Mount Flume.
This year, I co-lead a hike to the summit of Mt. Flume for the Flags on the 48 event. This was an Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) hike.
Flag raised on the of Mt Flume
From the official website: “We in the hiking community continue to honor the deceased with a tribute: flying the American flag atop all 48 four-thousand foot and higher mountains in New Hampshire”. This event happens on the closest Saturday to September 11. If September 11 falls on a Sunday, the hike is that Sunday.
Mt Flume from Mt Liberty
This is my 11th time doing this hike. The hike started on the Saturday after September 11, 2001 with one peak, Mt Liberty, and it quickly took off. Just a few peaks the next year, and then all the 48 4000 footers were covered. This event is now in Maine, Massachusetts and other locations.
“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” — Diane Arbus
Some thought and event for the week.
Sunday, 08/25/2024: Posted photo — Moon.
Bright blue sky today. The moon was looking impressive against the blue sky. The moon is my main photograph subject and I feel that I still need practice taking photos of it. Some people say my moon photos are boring since that is not much in the foreground. Sometimes I believe them and attempt to take photo of the moon with a foreground. I do not want to “Photoshop” the moon into a photo, so I just keep doing what I do best—practice my moon photography.
Monday, 08/26/2024: Posted photo — New Hat.
OK, this is what I look like during a hike. I am not very good at taking selfies. I had a hat for over 25 years. It traveled the country and the world with me. It has been in all 50 states with me, and in the 10 countries I have visited. Just for your information, the 10 countries include: The United States, Canada, Mexico, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and the Bahamas. I almost lost it a few years ago riding the roller coaster in Legoland in Bulland Denmark. My hat and I have put in thousands of miles hiking.
The brim of that hat stated to fray and needs repair. I attempted to get the same type of hat as a replacement, but the company is out of business. This hat is similar and a different color than my previous one. I may repair it since we have been together for so long.
Let us see if they make them like they used to. If I last 25 more years, I hope to have this hat with me.
Tuesday, 08/27/2024: Posted photo — Robert Goddard.
Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. This is a photo of a scale model of that rocket.
The Goddard family lived near where I grew up in Worcester, MA and I have passed his family home many times in my youth. I was always proud to know that such an important person and his family once lived not far from the house I grew up in.
He did some of his research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), the school that I attended for my post graduate work in Mechanical Engineering. I have been to his lab a few times when on campus.
This park is in Auburn MA not to far from the location that he fired off the fist liquid-fueled rocket.
I wanted to do something a little different for today’s photo. I took a photo of a bouquet of flowers and colorized the rose. Hope you like it. I have mixed feelings about how it turned out.
Setaria pumila, or Yellow Foxtail, is a summer annual grass that is quite weedy. Its natural habits include gravelly areas along rivers, vacant lots, lawns, grassy areas along roads and railroad tracks, fields, pastures. It is seldom found in natural areas, it prefers full sun with moist to slightly dry conditions.
I was out breaking in a new pair of hiking boots, and I walk by this grass. I just purchase my boots last Saturday and am going on a long hike in a few weeks. Do not want to go on a long hike in the White Mountains with boots that are not broken in. I pass by this type of grass many times during hikes. Today the sun was hitting just right for it to call to me to take its photo.
Friday, 08/30/2024: Post photo — Sunrise.
What a beautiful sunrise this morning. Captured this as I walked into work this morning.
As always, photo do not do sunrises or sunsets justice.
Saturday, 08/31/2024: Post photo — Composite.
I would like to start off by saying happy 32nd birthday to our little angel. Miss you and love you.
It has been a while since I did a composite photo. This is a photo of Round Meadow Pond looking at the dam. This is a composite of 16 photos stitched together using the Brenizer method. The Brenizer method combines multiple files to achieve a shallow depth of field effect in a wide-angle image.
I shot this with my cell phone since I was out walking so I do not know if it technically fall under this method. Always trying out new things with my phone camera. Still not as good as a DSLR, but cellphone cameras are getting better.
“The picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.” — Scott Lorenzo
Things I did this week.
Sunday, 08/04/2024: Posted photo — Birthday.
Today is my birthday. It is also my brother’s birthday. We turned 60 years old today. When I was younger 60 years old was old. Now that I am 60, and still actively hiking, it does not seem so bad.
This is a photo of my brother, our dog, and myself in the mid 1960’s.
Monday, 08/05/2024: Posted photo — Heavy Rain.
Over the last couple of days, we have had periods of very heavy rain. This is a photo of the croquet course at the cottage. People were sitting around enjoying the day when the rain came and flooded the area.
There is great drainage in this area. Within an hour of the rain stopping, the flood waters were no longer. Before it drained, I was able to play a couple of games of water croquet.
Tuesday, 08/06/2024: Posted photo — Distortion.
The topic for one of my photo projects this week was distortion. Being at the lake, thee is always distortion of the sun on the water when there are waves.
I just happen to get lucky as a drop of water from a tree causes a splash on the sun making this photo better than I planned.
For fun tonight, I wanted to make a star trail photo. I will post the star trail photo later this week. Tonight was the only clear night of the week. With the early week’s rain and the remanence of a hurricane this weekend, this was the best, and only night, to do so.
This is a composite photo of 10 of the over 600 photos I took last night. I live in an area with ambient light, as you can see around the tree line. I did take these photos during astronomical night, but the neighbor left his light on all night.
Thursday, 08/08/2024: Posted photo — Flies on Goldenrod.
During my walk this afternoon, I saw some goldenrod. Not unusual for this area. I did notice that this plant had several flies on it. I took out my cellphone and took this photo.
I was expecting the flies to fly away, but they did not seem to be bothered by my presents.
Friday, 08/09/2024: Post photo — Star Trail.
This is the start trail photo that I noted in my Wednesday post. This is a composite photo of over 600 seventeen second shots.
When I was reviewing the photos, I did notice what looked like the Milky Way. The photo on Wednesday was my attempt of developing the Milky Way in my photos. If I thought about it, my settings would have used Milky Way settings on my camera and not star trail settings. Poor planning on my part.
Saturday, 08/10/2024: Post photo — Hike.
This morning, I took a hike to check out the trail conditions on Wachusett Mountain. There are relatives here from Florida, and I wanted to check out the trail conditions as a possible hike. The trails were very muddy so I would find an alternative hike.
As of the time of this writing, we have not hiked yet. I do have a plan on a drier hike when we do hike.
“Photography has nothing to do with cameras.” — Lucas Gentry
This week’s blog features some of the scenes from my vacation.
Sunday, 07/28/2024: Posted photo — Milky Way.
During my vacation, I attempted to take a Milky Way shot. The first two nights, I practiced at a couple of different locations. Both these locations had a large amount of ambient light. I was hoping that when we traveled away for civilization, the sky would be darker. No luck. When we were away from civilization, either the moon was too bright, or there was cloud cover. Here are my test shots.
Monday, 07/29/2024: Posted photo — Ganoga Falls.
We went to Ricketts Glen State Park in PA during this trip. This park features 23 waterfalls along a 5 to 7 mile trail (depending on your direction). We were able to see 18 of these waterfalls. This is the largest of the falls. Ganoga Falls has a height of 94 feet.
Another fall at the park is RB Bicketts Falls. This 36 feet waterfall is a wonderful example of the cascading falls in the park. The hike we took had about 800 feet in elevation change over some easy and difficult trails. The trail we took was marked the most difficult trail in the park. It was well worth the hike.
Ozone Falls is the second highest falls at 60 feet tall. The water was flowing well in the park. It will be great to go back in the fall, after the snowmelt, to see how much water is in the river. We camped two nights at Ricketts Glen to be able to hike and rest up before we moved onward.
Thursday, 08/01/2024: Posted photo — Bee on Flower.
Back home after vacation, we went to the cottage. My wife’s family has their reunion the first Saturday in August every year. I am always in the lookout for bees on flowers since I need practice on talking high speed photography.
Friday, 08/02/2024: Post photo — Rainbow.
Rain today. Rain this time of year produces rainbows. The strange thing about rainbows is that no two people see the same rainbow at the same time. They are based on your perspective.
This one started out weak, and then became stronger and then a double. The photo is an attempt to capture the full rainbow using the panorama setting on my cellphone.
Saturday, 08/03/2024: Post photo — Nature.
Just a shot of a log with moss on it to close out the week. When I returned to the office, I had one day to get up to date with my work before customers and auditor paid me a visit.
This photo was taken during the family reunion. Great to see old and new faces once a year.
Negative space photography is a style of photography that emphasizes the empty space around a subject.
This was my attempt at negative space. My original plan was to take a photo of an object against a bright blue sky. The sky did not cooperate this week.
Monday, 07/01/2024: Posted photo — Burl.
The cause of burls is hard to pinpoint entirely, but they most often form because your tree is under invasion or being affected by some external stressing factor.
This burl is at the junction of the West Side Trail and Old Indian Trail on Wachusett Mountain. The section of Old Indian Trail that we are hiking is considered by most, myself included, as the second most difficult part of the mountain. It is long and steep and then gets steeper towards the end of the incline.
The Red Elderberry is a large native deciduous shrub or small tree. It produces clusters of tiny white or cream flowers in early spring, followed by bright red berries in mid-July through early August.
These are found on Wachusett Mountain during my hike.
Wednesday, 07/03/2024: Posted photo — Newt.
Newt is generic name used to describe several partially terrestrial salamanders. An interesting fact about newts from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, some newt larvae can become terrestrial juveniles, but remain aquatic as adults. Adult newts that return to water to breed may undergo a partial “reverse metamorphosis” back into a larval state.
There are many newts on Wachusett Mountain. When you hike and the ground is wet, you need to take your steps with care so you do not step on a newt.
Thursday, 07/04/2024: Posted photo — Tiger Lilly.
Tiger Lilies symbolize wealth, prosperity, and strength, reflecting cultural significance.
Tiger lilies are one of the most interesting flowers to me. They almost look fake, like plastic, and I like their colors.
Friday, 07/05/2024: Post photo — Annual Fleabane.
Annual fleabane is an annual native to the eastern United States but introduced across much of North America.
These are in my in-law’s flower patch. They are native flowers but look like weeds to me.
Saturday, 07/06/2024: Post photo — Daylily.
Daylilies are rugged, adaptable, vigorous perennials that endure in a garden for many years with little or no care. Daylilies adapt to a wide range of soil and light conditions. They establish quickly, grow vigorously, and survive winters with little or no injury.
This is another flower from my in-law’s flower garden.
The usage of votive candles is a pious practice which continues today in many churches. The symbolism reminds us that prayer is the light of Christ, allowing our souls to be filled with His light, and letting that light burn on in our souls even though we may return to our other activities. These candles are usually lite in memory of or for pray for someone we love and care for.
Theses candles are in the back of our church. As mentioned in past posts, the holder for these votive candles is dedicated to a friend who passed with ALS and his family. It is good to see people using the candles.
Monday, 06/17/2024: Posted photo — Hiking Group.
We had a good time hiking tonight. One member of the group took this photo to capture the closeness of the Monday night hiking group.
If you live in around Wachusett Mountain and would like to join the group, please let me know. The group once had 12 regular hikers and is down to 5 or 6 regulars. We hike year-round and hike at the speed of the ability of the people that hike that evening.
Tuesday, 06/18/2024: Posted photo — Pinecones.
This year there have been many more pinecones on the ground than I can remember. Maybe my memory is not that great, but this was the first year that I have seen them around in our yard.
I do not have any pine trees on my property and have seen pinecones in the yard. These pinecones were on the croquet course at the cottage. They had to be raked to the side so that the croquet ball can make it to a wicket with fewer obstacles.
Wednesday, 06/19/2024: Posted photo — High Bush Blueberries.
This is another repeat/progress photo. A few weeks ago, I posted a photo of these high bush blueberries starting to flower. Today I took a photo of them starting to ripen. It will not be long until it is time to pick them and use them for breakfast and deserts.
Thursday, 06/20/2024: Posted photo — Baby Robins.
Remember back when this nest was found so that I could not power wash a deck? The eggs have hatched, and three of the four babies survived. There is one big bird and two smaller birds (you can see the beaks of the smaller birds in this photo). The mother was feeding them and teaching them how to fly. It will not be long until they leave the nest and live on their own.
Friday, 06/21/2024: Post photo — Fish.
Sitting by the lake today, I saw these fish looking at me. When I moved the fish shifted position to look in my direction. It was strange.
Saturday, 06/22/2024: Post photo — Promise.
Today is our 33rd wedding anniversary. This is one of the gifts that I gave my wife a few years ago.
Bonus Image:
Here is a 3D image of boats under a tree.
Look at the image cross-eyed and the 3D image will appair in between the photos.
I have this weed growing at the end of our driveway. Took a photo of it before cutting it down. The name, Oriental False Hawksbeard, was given to me by my Seek app. This app is part of iNaturalist, and I use it to identify plants and animals when I hike.
Monday, 06/10/2024: Posted photo — Crossing the Ski Trail.
For the hike this week, I took the group up a trail that starts at the Wachusett Mountain ski area. I normally do not hike starting at this trail because it is on the busy side of the mountain, and I like hiking in less crowded areas and less crowded trails. This time of year, once the lifts stop, the hiking trail crosses three of the ski trails.
Tuesday, 06/11/2024: Posted photo — Web.
Walking around at work today, I spotted this web at one of the entries. I took a couple photos of it attempting to a good photo.
These are not the greatest since the sun was shining on them. It would have been better in the morning when there was dew on them.
Wednesday, 06/12/2024: Posted photo — Petunia.
Some petunia that I saw today. Petunias symbolize emotions like comfort, passion, and hope. Potted petunias can be seen outside of many stores this time of year.
Thursday, 06/13/2024: Posted photo — Rabbit at Work.
I have seen bear, turkey, great blue heron, deer, red-tail hawks, snapping turtles, and various species of birds over the years at work. Today was the first time I saw a rabbit.
I thought I scared it away when I pulled up to my parking spot. When I got out of my car, it was just waiting to have its photo taken.
Friday, 06/14/2024: Post photo — Flag Day.
Flag day celebrates the anniversary of June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress approved the design of a flag for the United States, which at the time featured 13 stars and 13 stripes, representing the 13 colonies.
The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following, based on information from the Smithsonian Institution:
Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777, stated, “Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”
Act of January 13, 1794, provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
Act of April 4, 1818, provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state.
Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912, established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.
Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959, provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically.
Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959, provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically.
This flag in this photograph is outside my office.
Saturday, 06/15/2024: Post photo — Championship Game.
My son, father-in-law, and I went to Polar Park today to watch the MIAA Division 3 state championship. Oakmont High School, the number 1 seed, versus St. Mary’s of Lynn, the number 2 seed. My father-in-law was one for the original teachers at Oakmont and has a conference room named after him. My son is an alumnus of Oakmont and has taught there. The second game of the day was my alma mater, St. John’s High School, the number two seed, playing BC High, the number 1 seed in the Division 1 state final. Oakmont won the state title for the second year in a row. My team lost their game. Both the number 1 seeds have won.
Exchanging LineupsOakmont State ChampionsWall of FameSt. John’s warming upOne of Worcester’s many diners
Here are some photos from the ballpark.
That is all for now. Until next week, be safe.
Here is a bonus photo. I did a new edit of an old Milky Way photo. I think it looks overprocessed.
“If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” — Jim Richardson
Photo for the week. Comments welcome.
Sunday, 06/02/2024: Posted photo — Mowing.
I wanted to do this technique for a little while. I have done it in the past and wanted to do it again. I have switched photo editing software from Paint Shop Pro to just using GIMP. I switched because I was having issues installing the last few releases PSP on my computer. I have been using PSP since X2 many years ago and have been using GIMP over the last 10 years off and on.
The technique is called multiplicity. I set my camera on a tripod and set it to take a photo every minute. I shoot RAW so it was easy to edit my photos to all have the same exposure. You do the technique by importing each photo into a different layer. Once they are in the correct order, you use a layer mask to either hide or expose areas of the photos.
Hope you like it.
Monday, 06/03/2024: Posted photo — Koi.
This is a Koi Pond on the summit of Wachusett Mountain. There is a fence around the pond now since the wall around the pond needs work. These Koi have been on the summit for many years.
Koi are colored varieties of carp. The ones on the summit of Wachusett can be seen year-round. In the winter you can see them swimming under the ice.
Tuesday, 06/04/2024: Posted photo — Hickory.
When I was out hiking, I spotted this tree with the bark seeming to be peeling off. I took a photo of it to identify it and my identification app called it hickory. For someone who spends many hours outdoors, hiking in the wilderness, I should be able to identify trees and plant much better than I have been doing.
Wednesday, 06/05/2024: Posted photo — Sundog in the Clouds.
Sundogs are colored spots of light that develop due to the refraction of light through ice crystals. They are located approximately 22 degrees either left, right, or both, from the sun, depending on where the ice crystals are present.
I was looking up at the coloring in the clouds and spotted this sundog.
Multiflora rose is a large, dense shrub that was used for ornamental and conservation plantings and is now a serious invasive plant. Multiflora roses can become thick and dense that will stop native plants from growing. This density of the plant can be impenetrable and detrimental to nesting birds and reduce the forage areas for animals.
Friday, 06/07/2024: Post photo — Relay for Life (RFL) Day 1.
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life was a 24 hour relay for cancer research. It is now an 18 hour relay. Many want it to go back to 24 hours.
Here are photos of one of my sister-in-laws lighting the torch, the luminaria, and a few other photos from the first day into the night.
Saturday, 06/08/2024: Post photo — Relay for Life (RFL) Day 2.
“Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” — Unknown
Photo for the week. Comments welcome.
Sunday, 05/26/2024: Posted photo — Lupine.
Lupines attract butterflies and pollinators and are deer-resistant and low-maintenance. This is a small group of lupines. I have been to places were there are fields of lupine in the past. One of nature’s most interesting flowers due to their shape.
Monday, 05/27/2024: Posted photo — Boats.
Today is Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a holiday observed on the last Monday of May honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
It was a beautiful weekend weatherwise, Saturday and Sunday. Today it is rainy and very foggy. Here is a photo of what the lake looked like most of the day. Here also is a photo of some canoes and kayaks that were not used today since it is dangerous to go out on the lake in the fog.
Tuesday, 05/28/2024: Posted photo — Nest.
A robin in her nest. Robins use their nest for about 5 weeks. I had to look that up since I want to power wash the deck near the nest. The deck is very slippery due to some moss on it.
This nest was discovered when the ladder was going to be used to clean branches off the roof of the garage at the cottage. Before moving the ladder, the nest was discovered, and the robin was seen building her nest.
Wednesday, 05/29/2024: Posted photo — Buttercups.
Some buttercups in the lawn prior to the lawn being mowed. Buttercup contains toxins that are very irritating to the skin and the lining of the mouth, stomach, and intestines.
Every year I look for snapping turtles on my way to the work. This morning, I saw one in the middle of the driveway. Here is a still photo of the turtle walking across the driveway to lay her eggs. I see them almost every year digging the hole to lay eggs.
Friday, 05/31/2024: Post photo — Rhododendron.
This is one of our rhododendron bushes. Over the last week, the bush bloomed due to the rain and sun we had this week.
Saturday, 06/01/2024: Post photo — Balance Rock.
From an earth science paper I found. “Thousands of years ago a glacier (ice sheet) moved across New England pushing rocks and sediment. As the glacier traveled it carried large and small boulders with it, often for many miles. When the glacier melted, the boulders it was carrying were randomly dropped at new locations. Boulders that have been transported by a glacier are called glacial erratics. Balance Rock is an example of a glacial erratic. These two boulders were pushed on top of each other by a large sheet of moving ice and have been balancing on top of each other for thousands of years! Balance Rock is evidence of the glacial activity which helped shape Wachusett mountain.”
I took this photo today during my map and compass training on the mountain. I used it at as a location for the people in my class to take a bearing to our next trail.
Photo by Joseph Ciras 