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Brochure 6: Image & Text > Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Coast
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IMAGE and TEXT: Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Coast
DESCRIBING:
A large horizontal color photograph.
SYNOPSIS:
A large landscape photo of Jordon Pond taken from the pond’s bank with the two low round peaks of The Bubbles in the distance. In the foreground, rust speckled boulders dot the shallow water. You can see through the clear shallow water to the flat rocks and beige slab rock covering the pond’s bottom. One of the photo's most unique features is its colors and symmetry. The pond widens and is bracketed on either side by the pond’s banks of small, rounded rust colored rocks and bright green evergreens. The stillness of the day is evident by the reflections of the trees, rounded peaks, and sky on the pond’s clear surface. The light blue sky is streaked with white light just above the rounded peaks covered by green vegetation in the distance. A larger mountain raises up to the right of the two low rounded peaks of The Bubbles into the top right corner of the photograph. There are wispy clouds hovering in front of the peaks.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION:
There is a large rounded pink granite rock in the front center of the photo. The left side of the large rock appears more orange speckled and transitions to pink and rust speckled on the right. The large rock rests on a sandstone slab covered in a few inches of water and is surrounded by many other smaller rounded pink granite rocks of various sizes extending above the water’s surface. Just above and right of the large rock, a weathered, white tree stump with roots extending in many directions appears like an octopus. The bottom of the photograph fades into the white background of the brochure and the black lettering of the descriptions. As the pond widens across the middle of the photograph, fewer pink, granite rocks are above the water line. The water in the middle of the pond and photograph is a reflection of the white and light blue clear sky. The evergreen trees on the left bank appear to be taller than the mixture of shrubs and evergreen greens on the right bank. The evergreen trees on the left bank have a more distinct reflection than the right bank, however, the right bank extends more into the foreground than the left side. The two small peaks of The Bubbles at the far side of the pond are rounded and connected with a small valley between the peaks. They are bluish with hazy green vegetation and faint wisps of clouds in front of the peaks. A larger or closer mountain appears in the top right with the same hazy, bluish green color and wisps of clouds floating just above the pond.
CAPTION:
Jordan Pond and The Bubbles
CREDIT:
Gregory Hartford
RELATED TEXT:
Acadia National Park protects the natural beauty of the highest rocky headlands along the US Atlantic coastline. The park features an abundance of habitats with high biodiversity, clean air and water, and a rich cultural heritage. Interlaced with picturesque communities, Acadia preserves about 38,000 acres with another 12,500 acres of conservation easements. The park includes 65 miles of rugged coastline on Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut, Schoodic Peninsula, and 17 other coastal islands.
Spanning lakes, ponds, meadows, and mixed coniferous and deciduous forest, the landscape rises abruptly from sea level to 1,530 feet, with eight mountains above 1,000 feet. About 50 mammal and 300 bird species live here. Harbor seals, porpoise, lobster, sea stars, and other diverse fish and marine animals populate the surrounding waters.
First set aside in 1916 as Sieur de Monts National Monument, it became Lafayette National Park in 1919 and Acadia National Park in 1929. Early park amenities grew to include 33 miles of scenic motor roads, 158 miles of hiking trails, and 45 miles of historic carriage roads with 16 stone bridges.
Description
Computer-generated voice recording from an audio described version of the souvenir park brochure for Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. (2024 edition)
Date Created
03/02/2024
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