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Brochure 8A: Image and Text, 1 of 4 > Ellsworth Schist
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IMAGE and TEXT: 1 of 4, Ellsworth Schist
IMAGE 1 of 4
DESCRIBING:
A small, color, vertical, rectangular bird's-eye view photograph.
SYNOPSIS:
This photograph shows a towering outcrop of Ellsworth Schist along a Mount Desert Island shoreline under a clear afternoon sky. Clusters of spruce and pine trees stand on top of the outcrop, away from the water's edge. In the foreground, sun shines on the weathered, rounded, light gray outcrop facing the ocean, while the rock formation's jagged vertical faces are shaded and about double the height of the spruce and pine trees. In the middle ground, the blue sea washes against the rocky shore, leaving ribbons of sea foam floating on the water's surface. In the background, the sea extends beyond a rounded, evergreen-treed peninsula toward the horizon.
RELATED TEXT:
Five hundred million years ago sedimentary deposits of mud settled on the floor of an ancient sea. These deposits metamorphosed into distinct layers from increasing pressure and high temperatures deep in the Earth. The formation called Ellsworth Schist is the oldest rock exposed on Mount Desert Island.
CREDIT:
NPS / Will Greene
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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