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These trips were different not because we were doing anything more dramatic or physically challenging, but being three guys, we had an edgier social dynamic and looked at hiking a bit more aggressively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593551513981-FM76QAQYB4V0LVJ3J3PF/Bom+Camino.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking Bom Caminho from the bridge in Ponte de Lima, Portugal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606854463678-Z5ASA9FNXYWSGRJLP8UD/Ben+and+Katahdin-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593621980887-16NI7OGITBQH66N8Z4KY/Newcastle+on+Tyne+.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking Newcastle-Upon-Tyne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010896180-G3CHC2OHO1QSAJAXXZZ8/Don+Fendler%2C+Lost+on+a+Mountain+in+Maine John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking Crossing Katahdin’s “Tablelands” always makes me think of Donn Fendler, who got separated from his companions as a young boy in 1939 and spent nine days alone “Lost on a Mountain in Maine.” I had the pleasure of meeting Donn a couple of times before he passed away in 2016. I listened to him share his story with school children, and I watched the twinkle in his eyes as he answered their myriad questions. His misadventure became a key part of his life story, and he shared it over and over. While I don’t wish to suffer Donn’s childhood ordeal, listening to Donn I realized that my time on Katahdin and in the Maine woods comprises an important part of my life story as well. It became important to share it with my children. When Ben and I took Emily to Chimney Pond with the idea of hiking up to Baxter Peak, she wasn’t sure she was up for it. As we ate lunch by the glacial tarn nestled into the arms of Katahdin, she saw hikers climbing up the Cathedral Trail—Baxter’s steepest trail. “Could we give that a try?” she asked. We made it to Baxter Peak, across the Knife Edge to Pamola and back down the Helon Taylor Trail to end a fantastic day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607911972234-3NNG7RETGBGX8GYPLTTU/HadriansW_2018+-+231.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking On the Hadrian’s Wall Trail approaching Housesteads Fort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606877152061-YINOXJ3RKE06VOEB7EIW/John%27s+Loop John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607887526630-E1FP0KHRZO5K26ZAQWWT/HadriansW_2018+-+210.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607887622641-QT42731QLKW82BTFXDX6/camino+cover-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010349842-67GAVST4U5AM40OL66JC/Saddleback+Wind-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010350751-YPM2A09DC172271LJHWO/Saddleback+Wind-2.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010375896-BBR92WCBPP4TUQ9V754H/Saddleback+Wind-3.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010376395-2JRS6YVRFA4MKJT8DS0B/Saddleback+Wind-4.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010396707-XPMENXA0S72RGW285241/Saddleback+Wind-6.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607010401234-PDJAKBOUAO5C81JW524B/Saddleback+Wind-7.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1607913229862-T7AKYBPIDQ9W14BH4K51/First+sign John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking - Taking the train out of the city felt like cheating, but we read that the first 10 miles were through industrial zones and less-than-appealing urban sprawl. And besides, from the cathedral is was over 30 miles to our first inn. The train ride would bring it down to under 20 miles, a much more doable first day of walking. Leaving the train station we took a wrong turn and spent the first hour quite lost. We knew the general direction to go, so we went that way. Eventually we found the first of many Camino signs. Relieved to finally be on the trail, I had Ben pose beside the sign. We were now, finally, walking the Caminho, as it’s called in Portugal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593609018663-ENLNHVVIUYDYCIZYTW6U/Sycamore+Gap.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking Sycamore Gap in the rain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856149401-2242MC4UMU2DJ1J96OE6/Winter+Trip-7.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856129539-1JLU2UK9BOJN05WRVWP7/Winter+Trip-2.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856130004-S8M27SJ2Y3VCSZ11X3VE/Winter+Trip-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606878825930-RO260TBCI64T6KRLEBYK/Sunrise+Shelter-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856137833-31L0UQQQEVAMUF2A7NKZ/Winter+Trip-3.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856520708-W92MJGM0PIY5EY1P4R2U/Winter+Trip-4.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856149154-1IJ477A5IZSSJLU0ZVBJ/Winter+Trip-6.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606878773628-96YDYBRROOSTCLPWBXI6/GBasin-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606856515384-15POX84LTFKGDBA5UEG8/Winter+Trip-8.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606878871448-4DVAB93RB3GBIFJK9FLQ/Sunrise+Shelter-5.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606878847356-XL7GF6LYFCGE7WXR47SR/Sunrise+Shelter-4.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606878871929-KJSDAXTOMXREMACZ2JOJ/Sunrise+Shelter-6.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606855114746-OTMBS3ZBCEVNOEZH09BJ/Knife+Edge-5.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606855138845-GSIGUBNWRNOX8F6C16U7/Knife+Edge-6.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606854959404-JG9JW7IW7TXABHK4BG4J/Knife+Edge-1.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606854963782-PP87RCN8TY89B5VLE7AW/Knife+Edge-4.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606855258812-14KTTJILJMYGF540V8TI/Knife+Edge-7.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606855124650-MR2Q1GEARO3E24ESWA1A/Knife+Edge-8.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606855133081-WMUFGE3DBKQQCRLREBYF/Knife+Edge-9.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1606855147391-C6OOVIMAG3TGE6POR316/Knife+Edge-10.jpg John's Blog - Thoughts on Walking https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/johns-blog/halley-to-neowise monthly 0.5 2020-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597687870764-GTRC5WUZ7O32JLEJYDLW/Comet+Lovejoy_2.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - Lovejoy c/2013 This fine comet was visible at the same time as ISON, just barely reaching visible eye magnitude if you knew where and how to see such things. After ISON, which the media had highly promoted only to see it dissolve away by the forces of the solar wind, no one was going to promote a comet that had no hope of being bright. Lovejoy c/2013 quietly made it round the buoy of the Sun and then faded away as it withdrew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597865437347-XUVU821R3FJ7R217QCQG/Comet%2Blovejoy%2B2014%2Band%2BPleiades%2B2008.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - Comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2 Comet’s, as I pointed out earlier, are named for their discoverers. Here we see another comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy, a distinguished astro-photographer who has discovered six comets as of 2020. While my cometary photography pales compared to his, this is my image of Lovejoy c/2014 Q2 passing by the Pleiades with a tail that I couldn’t see with my eyes, but came through in the photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1598197254498-FQ1COFD1250FFZ98EPWK/Star+Atlas+2000.0+Comet+diary John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE My comet diary is kept on the back of each chart, depending on where in the sky I observed the comet at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597861992609-ZTEL4XV4TTO3LVZ1MW48/Rosetta_and_Philae_at_comet_%2811206660686%29.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - 2014 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko The Rosetta Probe reached Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in May 2014, went into orbit about the nucleus of the comet in August, and in November soft-landed (sort of) the Philae Lander on the surface of the nucleus. Rosetta gave us the most detailed images of a comet’s nucleus ever taken. Boulders, cliffs, and jets of sublimating ices were photographed in detail. Analysis of the water composition found the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen in the water from the comet to be three times that found for terrestrial water which suggests that Earth’s oceans were not derived from comets such as this one. The Philae Lander bounced twice upon landing before finally settling in a shadowed area beneath a cliff face. Without solar power the probe only operated for 2-3 days. Artists rendering of Rosetta, Philae, and the comet courtesy of: European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0-IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0-igo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1596078587351-ONEXOJ1HSVGDSMEDODGQ/enhanced+color+sm.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - 2020 NEOWISE The summer of 2020 was graced with the unexpected beauty of Comet NEOWISE. NEOWISE is an acronym for NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, a space probe built to detect asteroids along with the occasional comet. NEOWISE discovered the comet on March 27, 2020. At first it was much like several other faint 2020 comets such as Atlas or c/2017 T2 PanSTARRS, but that began to change in June and came to full fruition in July. Because comets are named for their discoverers, this comet was named for a space probe mission, NEOWISE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597862517140-KUJQPO31Q325DQJ4VMS5/Comet_67P_on_31_January_2015_-_NAVCAM-1.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko showing a sublimating jet shooting out toward the Sun. Photo credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 / CC BY-SA 3.0-IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0-igo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597935466074-RR0HGQ5ZJ0QLCECYV9DV/Drive-In+Comet.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE In July I was doing photography for the Maine International Film Festival. The entire festival was being held at the Skowhegan Drive-In due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. It was an interesting festival to shoot, everything happened outdoors, everyone was wearing masks and doing their best to practice social distancing. Since Covid had first hit in mid-March there had been several faint comets in the skies overhead, all so dim they all required a telescope to see. Within the astronomical community a prediction arose that the latest of these comets, Comet NEOWISE, promised to become bright and visible to the unaided eye. That would an exciting development. Perhaps I could a get a photo of the comet in the context of the film festival? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597267841725-B6V0J819Z4AHVAFDNWG2/Hyakutake+cleaned.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - 1996, Hyakutake, Fairfield, Maine This was my first sighting of comet with a long, clearly visible tail. This was the best comet I had ever seen at that point in my life. After the smudge of Comet Halley, Hyakutake had a visible tail that I measured as 17° long. The first time I saw it the comet was telescopic, little more than the familiar expected smudge, much like the earlier comets I had seen. The tail was supposed to be visible, but it was low in the northeastern sky. If I wanted any hope of spying the tail I would have to get up at 3:30 a.m. when it would be near the zenith. So I set my alarm for 3:30 on the morning of March 24, 1996. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597345034861-ND8YO2THNM14UZQHYMCC/Kids+and+Hale-Bopp.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE Ben and Emily, my two oldest kids, observing Comet Hale-Bopp in the spring of 1997. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597865059866-8F4ZEN9GWH51BSETK02K/Wirtanen+and+the+star+clusters John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE The Hyades in the upper left, Comet Wirtanen, and the Pleiades on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597342967615-SQW19GJL23DPWL0TUXD7/Astronomy+Expert.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - The New Local Expert The local TV station wanted an interview, there was a newspaper reporter who wanted to interview me. Could I speak to the Rotary, the Kawanas, the Lion’s Club? I had to study up a bit to expand my cursory understanding of comets, and I had to do it quickly. Luckily, it was a fascinating assignment. The interviews and speaking engagements went fine. The people of The County were curious and wanted to know more. They wanted to see this famous sky wanderer and I was expected to be their guide. I realized that I had to get it right and I had to step up and help people learn to see, to understand, and to be inspired. When I thought about it, that is exactly what I loved about teaching in the planetarium, and now more than ever the public and students of The County were actively seeking it out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597514396180-N8E8CMMZEDSZRS1N9C4P/comet-tail.gif John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - Cometary orbits tend to be highly elliptical with t he tail longest when it’s closest to the Sun. In January 1986 Comet Halley disappeared behind the Sun. If Earth had been at a different spot in its orbit so we could have seen it when the comet was at perihelion, the tail would have been impressive indeed, much like Clara remembered from 1910. It reappeared from behind Sol in March. The comet was supposed to be a bit brighter, but the apparition would no longer be in the evening sky, it would be in the early pre-dawn skies. On the new Moon that month we held our “Hard-core Halley Watch” starting at 3 AM. Clara was the first to sign up, she wanted to be there. So I picked her up at 2:30 that morning. She took her look at the comet through the telescope, then went inside to her comfy chair and told her story numerous times until the Sun peaked over the spruces at the edge of the field across the road.. Over 100 people showed up for the event and everyone was excited to see their favorite smudge in the sky one more time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597866670124-DMR65W1POBYAQH8DSUCQ/PanSTARRS+and+M81+M82.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - 2020 c/2017 T2 PanSTARRS Comet c/2017 T2 PanSTARRS passed near the galaxies M-81 and M-82 in Ursa Major. Always a fine sight, these two galaxies are favorites for many amateur observers. For a couple of days in May 2020 there appeared to be three, but in reality the third was a much much closer and much much smaller solar system object. I like these conjunctions of sky objects because they illustrate that while in a telescope they look much the same, it’s through the works of astronomers and scientists such as Edmund Halley, Johannes Kepler, William Hereschel, Joseph Fraunhofer, Robert Kirchhoff, Edwin Hubble, Fred Whipple, and Carl Sagan, among many others, that we have discovered that there’s more to these smudges than meets the eye. Interestingly, the Messier Catalogue of objects arose to distinguish deep sky objects (galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae) from the comets that Charles Messier was looking for in the 18th century. I thank these scientists for their contributions so that we have a better understanding today. This is the true intersection between human events and comets, perhaps an omen of further and deeper understanding to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941180759-FF077A3UC0E5LXP9GF05/NEOWISE+-+7.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941209764-PBEIEWRRSNB5SK4LVZCH/NEOWISE+-+2.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941248687-27W0X7Z8L6C4BPKKI4V4/NEOWISE+-+4.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941292523-4I3KAL9JQD0YH45C6ZAJ/Neowise+over+barn+-+1.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941333483-H15VVOXCPW6TLRIO2QDD/NEOWISE+-+5.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941364042-3JX4CKLFBLASKOFHCIWM/NEOWISE+-+10.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941402637-QNPO1FU77BUAMBD49N3D/NEOWISE+-+9.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941447258-Q05CD1XFADBFTENUURHZ/NEOWISE+-+11.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941496668-SNE9IIJAT781UJ5EG7S8/Neowise+and+Pine.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941542547-3EVL3LAEIPXFGVSM975M/NEOWISE+-+12.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941655787-BD501Z234J2FGNC2AC2O/NEOWISE+-+8.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597941690909-WMI8E4F6R1ANJW3SIOR6/NEOWISE+stack1.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1598027345851-ER3JMJP4PQCFGM43YU8R/Comet+hunters_sm.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE The challenge was to make this pre-recorded show work within our 24’ tilted dome which featured 12 Ektagraphic III slide projectors and about 20 special effect projectors along with our Spitz Nova star projector. Everything was operated manually from our console which consisted of remote slide projector controls, dimmers, on-off switches and a 12 volt system for small motors and special effects lamps. This was before computerization and digital projectors, at least in domes with as small a budget as mine. I masked slides with opaquing ink and mylar tape and mounted them in glass Wess mounts. We built special effects with small motors, baby food jars and glass pepsi bottles (remember how the glass of those Pepsi bottles had swirl pattern, great for a nebula effect), flashlight bulbs, old film-strip projectors, and if we got ambitious perhaps a helium-neon laser. To make a long story short, I combined the two shows into one and it became one of our most popular public presentations ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597375099668-IQN08TEJ90QCND6TFB9U/comet+particles+in+aerogel.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - 1999-2006, Wild 2 In 1999 the Stardust Probe was launched and in 2004 it flew through the tail of Comet Wild 2 collecting particles in a sheet of exposed aerogel—one of the lowest density and lightest solid materials known, looking much like clear Jello, but with a consistency more like firm styrofoam. Here we see particles embedded in the aerogel. Once the passage through the tail was complete, the aerogel was covered to protect the contents from interplanetary contamination, then the probe returned the collection of tiny particles back to Earth in 2006 to be examined. Photo credit: NASA/JPL Stardust Mission, 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597863009757-5TK6UGWS7FJP17OO901Q/Jupiter_showing_SL9_impact_sites.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE The explosions happened just around the limb of the planet, but as Jupiter rotated the impact sites came into view and appeared as dark spots. These scars could more readily be observed and lasted for several months after the event. This image was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. It was a huge news item. Could a comet hit Earth? Yes. Is a comet likely to hit Earth soon? No. How can dirty snowballs make such big explosions? Speed and size. Can we see the explosions with our eyes? No. Are there pictures? Yes. And why is it number 9 when there were 20 pieces? It was the ninth comet that Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy had found together. And so the questions went . . . . Photo credits: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Team and NASA / Public domain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597412940211-K3BM3CEXO2U5AFT8MGQQ/IMG_5389.JPG John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597412989983-W0Q83N85881BHFVPH7EO/IMG_5440.JPG John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597677598170-VVZ130QW4QA40JIZVCPF/Comet+patch_sm.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE - Amateur Astronomers Inc. 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In the autumn of 1983 I moved to northern Maine to become the director of the Francis Malcolm Science Center Planetarium upon its opening that fall. Two years later, in the fall of 1985, I found myself as the county’s expert on comets. The planetarium was the center of astronomy education in Aroostook County (which is locally known as simply “The County”), and since the planetarium was basically a one-man operation, that meant I was the local expert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597864008925-O00HARORBT8RZIZTIMEY/800px-Shoemaker-levy-tidal-forces.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broken into 20+ pieces by Jupiter’s gravitational stresses in 1992. Photo credits: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Team and NASA / Public domain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1597344491629-BSCQ2N3TTA237I51CY01/shoemakerH.jpg John's Blog - Halley to NEOWISE I never saw this comet, but I talked about it a lot under the planetarium dome. In July 1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter creating large dark spots where the more than 20 pieces to this comet exploded upon impact. It was in pieces as a result of passing too close to Jupiter two years earlier. The giant planet’s gravitational forces tore it apart. In 1994 the pieces collided one after another into Jupiter. The largest impact site occurred on July 18 when fragment G struck Jupiter. The dark spot created by the G fragment measured over 7,500 miles across, and was estimated to have released an energy equivalent to 6,000,000 megatons of TNT, that’s 600 times the world's nuclear arsenal at the time. 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Trying to make a simple line drawing to capture the juxtaposition of the organic volcano versus the structured forms of the ancient Sicilian town, complete with the Greek theater in the foreground, I came up with this ink drawing. 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I purposefully painted it quickly, trying to simplify the detail, adding energy instead. Sometimes when I draw quickly, I capture something deeper than the surface detail that I so easily get lost in. This painting from start to finish was done in a couple of hours. I finished it and immediately saw more I could do, but I stopped myself. Let it be what it is. The only thing I added was my signature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592443482310-YNZ0V5WQCSOH2GAAZO3T/Laura+and+John+on+lava+flow John's Blog - A Painting Lesson from a Volcano - Visiting Mount Etna We visited 25-year-old lava flows, spelunked into a lava tube, and climbed the rim of an old side vent. We heard stories about past eruptions, a bit of the science of vulcanology, and the lore of Vulcan from Greco-Roman mythology. I also recalled tales of Pele from my visit to Hawaii. I knew that below our feet was magma, and it’s not that far away. Vulcan or Pele, whomever you attribute such events to, could take us out at a moments notice. Remember Pompeii? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592450547096-41N45DQ5VO359KLODHCT/Etna%2Bin%2Bclouds John's Blog - A Painting Lesson from a Volcano - Etna in clouds Clouds seemed to form over and around the volcano, constantly creating a veil around the mountain, sometimes translucent, sometimes opaque. Always interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592422441116-JWAXZOFQ5T5HTFPB48EH/Flying+saucer+cloud John's Blog - A Painting Lesson from a Volcano - The Flying Saucer Cloud This giant cloud lasted all day, constantly changing yet retaining its basic form, slowly undulating and shifting as if were alive. Clouds like this are called lenticular clouds. They are created by moist stable air flowing over a mountain or range of peaks, then the moisture condenses just downwind of the mountains. 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Each video leads students through an art activity in which they will draw a constellation without knowing which one it is. Part of the mystery is to see if the students can guess the constellation before it's completed. John will lead this activity that will also include some interesting facts and trivia about the constellation and the stars that comprise it. This is meant to be an activity where the viewer is actively taking part by drawing along with John, pausing the video as need be to complete the drawing. This is an ongoing series and new constellations will be added to the current set every couple of weeks. Produced by John Meader and Northern Stars Planetarium, © 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1616156848954-MAU4CPD1HG57NTB05TP7/3MinMEGuide-credit2_sm.jpg Video - 3 Minutes with a Maine Guide This is a new collaborative video series by John, his son Ben, and friend Lisa DeHart. The idea is to produce of series of roughly 3 minute videos on wilderness/outdoors skills presented by various Registered Maine Guides. We’ll have a playlist of skills (videos) for each featured guide. Our first guide is Lisa DeHart. To learn more and see the videos visit our YouTube Channel: “3 Minutes with a Maine Guide.” https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/seb daily 0.75 2022-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591047091494-RWMOAGF2GHYSVEPE35OO/Shawn2.jpg Shawn Burke - Shawn Burke welosmusic@gmail.com From the moment I heard the Rolling Stone’s “Satisfaction” on the radio, it was all over. As a kid growing up in Central Maine the lyrics didn’t draw me in. It was the sound of Keith Richards’ guitar that blew me away. Sublime distortion and resonance atop a killer hook. Music became a near obsession, then an identity. It has since evolved into a creative and philosophical outlet. In 2001 I was introduced to my first Digital Audio Workstation. A software package running on a laptop, along with an inexpensive MIDI keyboard, democratized music creation. After ineffectually pushing around notes in a sequencer window for a few months it all came together at a Moby concert when I realized, “I can do this, too.” Add in a few odds and ends of recording gear and the rest is history. Rock, blues, funk, jazz, roots music, African rhythms, and the myriad flavors of electronica are ingredients in a lively and ever-evolving gumbo. As are the sounds around us all day long; they contain no story but can connect with us as deeply as music. Corny as it might sound, my playlist is life. One of the great blessings of my life was meeting John Meader. From at least high school we listened to music together, exchanging albums and pouring through record store racks. Then I went off to become an engineer, and he went off to become a folklorist and astronomer. We have continued to share a passion for music and the arts. And for canoeing; don’t forget canoeing! Through the years our lives periodically intersect, and each time it’s like we’re picking up the conversation from where we last left off. 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Inspired by my sixth grade teacher, Carol Robinson Morin, who nurtured my artistic bend. She introduced me to Leonardo, Van Eyck, Monet, and Van Gogh. I carried that inspiration through many iterations as a teen. I started taking photographs in 1978 on a cross country trip. Attempting to capture something more than a snapshot quickly became the aim of every shot. Though most of my images never reached that lofty goal, it became the reason to take pictures. Inspiration came quickly from my photographic heroes: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Todd Webb, Elliott Porter, Patrick Groleau, and Neil Parent—to name a few. It's not easy to get a good photograph, but it's rewarding when you hit the mark. To me, the greatest value in this endeavor is the process of learning to see, learning to anticipate, and putting myself in interesting places. I've learned you don't need to visit Yellowstone to get a great photo, you just need to open your eyes to what's around you where ever you are. It takes practice, and that's the joy of photography. Today, I continue to explore all these creative endeavors. I seem to have a muse that demands that I draw, paint, carve, and photograph my interpretations of the world and the universe. This website is an outlet to share my expressions of art. I am honored to share this space with Shawn Burke, one of my oldest and dearest friends. Shawn and I met in 6th grade, but became fast friends in high school. Despite our paths taking us geographically apart—he to Princeton, me to U Maine—our friendship has held fast. We continually grow and explore new places and ideas together, whether on wilderness canoe trips or through sharing music, art, and having long philosophical conversations over a dram or two of scotch. Our creative talents compliment each other well and occasionally combine in fascinating collaborations. https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/links daily 0.75 2021-09-25 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/memory-series daily 0.75 2020-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590773833014-HAJ49KSJDFHQPYHGX6PL/Looking+down+the+lake_sm.jpg Memory Series China Lake, © John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590774011347-D0WQ1EQHPF6YBBAVGOV8/Memory+-+1+%281%29.jpg Memory Series Plains Memory #1, © John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590774098714-VSTEJKABIXKPHTLPYWXY/Memory+-+5.jpg Memory Series Plains Memory #2, © John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590774157665-D70VN2C0NMMRSZACI5FD/Memory+-+6.jpg Memory Series Focused Memory, © John Meader, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590718895444-WDAUSM1LPRYLOW7W0MON/Memory1.jpg Memory Series The Woods #1, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590774499082-EYOX6C1CKM4AUKF7GHPU/Memory+-+7.jpg Memory Series The Woods #2, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590774648394-DV4APCJGAUQ3QUR6T4WC/Memory+-+4.jpg Memory Series Mingling, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590774840063-SG50F7PNK9U3O9CISUQG/Memory+-+1+%282%29.jpg Memory Series Installation, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590775086591-ONIFQHJLVWSD1SUOQ1CB/Memory+-+9.jpg Memory Series Fetching Water, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590775192662-RGYYB15B0VL3SVZG8CKZ/Memory+-+8.jpg Memory Series The Crow in the Garden, © John Meader, 2016 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/johnsdrawings daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592517658556-AE22DE5TB5F3MRR1P3S1/fullsizeoutput_a96a.jpeg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "#1 Balance of Diversity," colored ink on paper, John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592517825440-ECON2NRNLVS87MJF4KNJ/fullsizeoutput_a967.jpeg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "#2 Dance of Diversity," colored ink on paper, John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590753889644-TOQMLDG9JDMANJ1VP2DX/Sketches+%26+Paintings+-+092.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Stonehenge" pencil on paper, John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590776199146-MF7L9AZL20JIUAA6C0AI/Drawings+-+4.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Ganymede from Callisto" ink on paper, John Meader, 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590776580177-V6RZNGKKPLYX8HOJUHW0/Drawings+-+13.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Mr. Canoehead Meets the Snowshoe Hare!" ink and watercolor pencils on paper, John Meader, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590776775324-M02QD9TH0KVCK4TZPM9V/Drawings+-+15.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Basket of Soap" ink on paper, John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591797001516-YJUJSWLCWLKUDX6WNT1S/Drawings+-+14.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Paddling Blake Point, Lake Superior" ink on paper, John Meader, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591975849723-3UVBUVQNC3S66UYGAO8K/Sketches+%26+Paintings+-+047.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Willow" ink on paper, John Meader, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591975950072-0Y3WFLVNX6BTKNY3SXHL/IMG_2096.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Draw right" pencil sketch on paper, John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591976109943-AEBGU5JGC87VUY15EAFP/Sketches+%26+Paintings+-+030.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Gorge at Otter Creek," ink on paper, John Meader, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592514028196-ZOQSMJFADYEWU343K3JF/fullsizeoutput_a822.jpeg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Hosta" ink on paper, John Meader, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592514346746-RVO7NNCVL9SVB55KJH3K/fullsizeoutput_a82a.jpeg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Vine" ink on paper, John Meader, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592514562316-9RHYXPHHS4GPIJCZWAEI/fullsizeoutput_a81d.jpeg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Mason," pencil on paper, John Meader, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592514693900-E8U1HP20VRAVYFNRZI7X/fullsizeoutput_a928.jpeg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Hatchet at Telos High Bank," pencil on paper, John Meader, 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592770870968-ARE2I9BT4T4QB3P2RDVE/Sketches+%26+Paintings+-+045.jpg John's Pencil and Ink Drawings "Sailing Before the Squall," ink on paper, John Meader, 2009 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/drawings daily 0.75 2020-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590776775324-M02QD9TH0KVCK4TZPM9V/Drawings+-+15.jpg Drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591795762943-S3OSIBX8S2YBJ1OGYZHP/Drawings+-+7.jpg Drawings https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/trees daily 0.75 2020-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590804099942-LS6SV6B6APBO67906V4S/Trees+-+4.jpg Trees Oak in Fog, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590804553591-1KH8V57ZZ7QUL99Y82TZ/Trees+-+3.jpg Trees Swirl, © John Meader, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590751414482-B5XNDFIZ02TVQ5BB7D44/rail+trail.jpg Trees Autumn Walk, John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590804314537-SJR95V64AYO9KCWIE9FB/Trees+-+1.jpg Trees Norumbega, © John Meader, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590714715911-TR08BUG88TX5HDNTJBEF/Trunks3.jpg Trees "Trunks #1" © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590805360423-5HIJGKLP02XJ9FGUGI53/Trees+-+9.jpg Trees "Along the Airline" © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590805765772-0A5X1NVZC1HJJIATN4NS/Trees+-+13.jpg Trees "Tops and Bottoms" © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590805891420-UFSS0MKGXKO9TTADN22B/Trees+-+6.jpg Trees "Birches" © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590806128719-I8H8J95XALZN7GB3AFQL/Trees+-+2.jpg Trees Old Woman © John Meader, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590806240657-RE1GMECF9MN8CRQ4V89J/Trees+-+5.jpg Trees Old Man © John Meader, 2016 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/watercolor-paintings daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590777456925-5CTSSVJYVVDD8GCNBUNO/Flagstaff+poplars.jpg Watercolor Paintings Poplars at Flagstaff, watercolor on paper, John Meader, 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591036830378-EBZ5EIYTF8197YSVKNIM/Drawings+-+2.jpg Watercolor Paintings Autumn on Oak Pond, watercolor on paper, John Meader, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591826072310-NP1CZH5U7QHHIX2DMJP3/Drawings+-+6.jpg Watercolor Paintings Snapper Shell, watercolor on paper, John Meader, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592016702771-O2I0CTK8753UP30Y966L/Sketches+%26+Paintings+-+029.jpg Watercolor Paintings Hot August Morning on the Pond, watercolor on paper, John Meader, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592513284224-EG4C0PHCBAOKLHUIKKVO/fullsizeoutput_a8f7.jpeg Watercolor Paintings Spencer Mountain from Lobster Lake, watercolor on paper, John Meader, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592513523311-873NQ3W36SJRQZCY31OP/fullsizeoutput_a8d8.jpeg Watercolor Paintings Hawksbury Lake, Quebec, watercolor on paper, John Meader, 2003 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/oil-paintings daily 0.75 2021-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/a3710c63-c98f-48d6-a70a-1ecf72ae9d6a/Sun+Pillar+from+McGlathery-1.jpg Oil Paintings "Sun Pillar at McGlathery," 30" X 24" oil on canvas. John Meader, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1611676621871-4K8JY041SBTJMD7E8GC0/Crystal+Ball+on+a+Matte%E2%80%93sm.jpg Oil Paintings "Crystal Ball on Matte," 20" X 16" acrylic and oil on canvas, John Meader, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591974495726-PQ6ZSQ8XEKMHOIIFUVHR/IMG_5001.jpg Oil Paintings "Separation" 14"X11" oil on canvas board, John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591974565097-NL7XRDHFMVJKZW2UBNNP/IMG_5013.jpg Oil Paintings "Rounding the Buoy" 14"X10" oil on paper. John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591974622234-97C7FCSLV3WER70MLTTE/IMG_5010_1_2_fused.jpg Oil Paintings "Ashore" 14"X10" oil on paper. John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591974708946-1CRZEIUAIDFCMO430FV0/IMG_5016.jpg Oil Paintings "For Tom—the Final Eclipse" 14"X10" oil on paper, John Meader, 2019 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/acrylic-paintings daily 0.75 2021-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/de8227de-14d8-4e1f-9b0b-95454456ee1a/JTM+Paintings-8.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Fireflies Dance," 20" X 16", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1d4e2830-119e-4cd8-8c14-b959ada32c07/JTM+Paintings-12.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Eclipse Mandala," 24" X 18", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/18f61528-4d8a-4275-9cca-c153a68dd772/JTM+Paintings-9.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Northern Dawn," 16" X 20", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1611676838390-6AMBUOGP62SOHVB8ZRU1/Star+Stuff_sm.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Star Stuff," 16" X 20", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1611677009220-XZIG5GTPNRTVL0EI6ULW/Paintings-3.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Through the Spruces," 9" X 12", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/8f45e0e7-690a-47ac-b9c2-012ce6203c3b/JTM+Paintings-7.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Morning Rendezvous," 24" X 18", acrylic on foam core board, John Meader, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1602611041177-TP5B2R42IWI2Q7Q9K5X8/IMG_7324_sm.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Wassumkeag," 20"X16", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1603903287216-5JB7FA4KKO5K8EUT37AV/Paintings+-+5.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Forrest", 10"X10", acrylic on canvas. John Meader, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1603894117912-QFJPSC9TXLNP4YNCDJQ3/IMG_7147.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Ukelele" John Meader, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1603893946272-ZKTNQIXJEU4GDJPB0CG6/IMG_7720.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Solstice Lunar Eclipse 2010," 16"X20", acrylic on canvas. John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1602611187305-OR521TY8BKGGWLLNJGEA/IMG_8021.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Great American Eclipse of 2017, from Glendo, Wyoming," Diptych, 5"X7" and 5"X5", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590772434627-3RQPG3PN6MXHYN9IWWHH/Paintings+-+9.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Trees #1" 11"X14" acrylic on canvas board. John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590779640105-RP4IVZ4A10FXMUIEJ0E0/Katahdin+Fog+-+1.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Katahdin Fog" 14"X11" acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591973109786-RNDLJSV48JQE8JEKSZFZ/IMG_5005.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Invasion" 20"X16" acrylic on Canvas. John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591973305876-LBJLF15W6RF0N1XQD3VM/Taoramina+Plaza+2.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Taormina Plaza", 23"X18" acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2016-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591973943206-DDAW6TRQ362AB9LZ6P0K/CaminoPortugal.jpg Acrylic Paintings "The Way" 24"X12" acrylic on canvas. John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591974022551-F3RU6IJG43QX15V6X7TA/The+cove.jpg Acrylic Paintings "The Cove" 11"X14" acrylic on canvas board, John Meader 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591974145454-YTNSKPFMUZHTTZR397QO/IMG_5025.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Morning on Linekin Bay" 24"X12" acrylic on canvas. John Meader 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592499270861-641XB307OCVCW11K8NCM/fullsizeoutput_a809.jpeg Acrylic Paintings "Approaching Housesteads" 16"X8" acrylic on canvas, John Meader 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592500121711-2OFXOLXIAZOUUT61KX89/fullsizeoutput_a806.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Saint Oswald's Chapel" 10"X10" acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592769938577-KBI70AWDSWB7NL2MW7H5/fullsizeoutput_a951.jpeg Acrylic Paintings "Camping Under the Milky Way," 18"X23" acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592770257612-RITCFAHWXY5QZO4PXO7B/fullsizeoutput_a94f.jpeg Acrylic Paintings "Liberty Tree #1" 11"X14" acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1611677129714-X0GZB9WK7OFF0TSF7LXO/Paintings-4.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Birth," 20" X 16", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1610205139756-2F0DWABDS894YS7Q3P8J/Nahmakanta+Milky+Way.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Summer Sky Over Nahmakanta," 20"X16", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/710705e5-4a75-4f99-a488-01eb0194f355/JTM+Paintings-10.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Mt. Etna and Taormina #1," 20" X 16", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/19733d67-7184-4515-9ec5-bf36324c31c7/JTM+Paintings-11.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Mt. Etna and Taormina #2," 10" X 8", acrylic on wood, John Meader, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/54272f8e-2009-452a-98e4-8f8155622d55/JTM+Paintings-1.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Mt. Etna and Taormina #3," 16" X 12", acrylic on canvas board, John Meader, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/844fa770-75f9-4bde-a2ac-5ca09d9ff094/JTM+Paintings-2.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Mt. Etna and Taormina #4," 14" X 11", acrylic on canvas board, John Meader, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/60a01479-27b6-4bdb-9cbf-f2dcaee5d396/JTM+Paintings-13.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Pele & Vulcan," 16" X 20", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592770120876-U01TLSQT508EW3B9L8J7/fullsizeoutput_a7ed.jpeg Acrylic Paintings "Trees #2" 9"X12" acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/103d288f-b976-411f-9115-eba0eeab1828/JTM+Paintings-5.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Ascendancy," 4" X 10", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/b9a9faa5-c143-467f-bda3-36edfef3a303/JTM+Paintings-4.jpg Acrylic Paintings "Ocean Point," 12" X 9", acrylic on canvas, John Meader, 2020. https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/music-archive daily 0.75 2020-06-02 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/sound-art-archive daily 0.75 2020-06-02 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/soundcloud-test-page daily 0.75 2020-06-03 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/the-milky-way daily 0.75 2020-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593916448862-A6UGHYDVNUX05UBXVZ2J/Milky+Way+and+Miller+Library The Milky Way - 2. A Critique: My First Milky Way Shot August 5, 2013 This was my first attempt at shooting the Milky Way. I look at it now and I had a few things right. I like the composition idea, Miller Tower on the left, Johnson Pond at the bottom for a reflection, and the Milky Way on the right. Good idea. A few problems, number one is the amount of light pollution, both the light from the library tower and the distant lights of Waterville seen over the horizon. I was fortunate that the Milky Way even showed up at all. The tower and its reflection need a much faster shutter speed to make them look like they do to the eye, they’re both washed out. The tower’s reflection is cropped off, and it would have been nice to capture a reflection of the Milky Way too, though the light pollution would probably hinder that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593567056584-J4D6DA1RABDHUR5I6AUM/Galactic+Core The Milky Way - A friend challenged me to look at the night sky differently. He suggested that some night when the sky was clear to go out and observe. Find a spot where you can see as much of the sky as possible, then lie flat on the ground—use a blanket perhaps to guard against ticks—and feel the Earth at your back. Look up at the sky, the stars, the Milky Way. Get comfortable, take a deep breath, then change your perspective. Consider that you’re lying on a very large sphere. The whole Earth is behind you, think about that, the whole Earth is behind you. Now look at the Milky Way, look towards the galactic center near Sagittarius and consider that you’re not looking up at it, but looking down into it. You are on a giant sphere that revolves around a star that revolves around that galactic center. If the Sun suddenly stopped revolving around the galaxy—don’t worry, it won’t do that—the immense gravity of the galactic core would pull us in, we would fall down into the Milky Way’s core. Let go of the ego-centric perspective and look down into that core. Suddenly, the universe gets a whole lot bigger and you are in a unique position, you are exactly between the solid surface of Earth and the greater cosmos. Hold that feeling and see where it takes you. JT Meader, July 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593975923284-3FUJ8JOD30M0IWL8GUGS/Wide+angle+astronomy+gear The Milky Way - Camera. This seems obvious, but you need a camera that captures images well in low light. Modern cameras are much better at this than they were even just a few years ago. For a while this was strictly the domain of DSLR cameras, but with the development of mirrorless cameras that has changed. Today, people are also doing surprisingly well even with cell phones. My experience is completely with DSLR cameras, so that’s what I’ll be talking about, though most of this also applies toward mirrorless cameras as well. Wide Angle Lens. For Milky Way photography a wide angle lens has great advantages. First, the Milky Way is a large extended sky object so you need the wide angle point of view to capture as much of it in your frame as possible. Second, the wider the angle, the longer your exposure can be before you start to capture star trails. Star trails are the stars apparent motion across the sky due to Earth’s rotation. I usually shoot with a 14mm lens. The rule of 500 states if you divide 500 by the focal length of your lens it will give you the length of exposure in seconds you can shoot before the stars start to trail and become elongated. If you shoot with a 50mm lens, then 500/50=10 seconds. If you shoot with a 14mm lens, then 500/14= 35.7 seconds. Since I usually shoot with a 14mm lens and my camera’s longest pre-timed exposure is 30 seconds, I seldom shoot longer than that. Lens Speed. A faster lens with a low f/stop will give you the most light, which you need because you’re shooting in the dark. The lower the f/ratio, the bigger the aperture, which means more light. My 14mm lens wide open is f/2.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1594001191488-UOXH2M8ENP5WO6E9KKE9/Colby+Milky+Way+rework.jpg The Milky Way - 6. A Second Critique: My First Shot Reinterpreted What can you do with Photoshop? What should you do with Photoshop? It’s powerful software which is the modern equivalent of a darkroom. Dodging and burning, adjusting brightness and contrast, and much more can be accomplished. You can combine photos, and create new composite images. For example, without going to Colby to reshoot my first Milky Way again—I may still do that—I reworked the original with stronger Photoshop skills than I had in 2013. I extended Johnson Pond. I grabbed another image of Miller Tower and super-imposed it over the blown-out tower, then blended them together. Then I grabbed the Milky Way from one of the better photos shown above and replaced the original sky. I added a hint of sky reflection to the pond. I desaturated the green of the lawn. Then with some masking, and blending, adjusting contrasts, along with a healthy dose of just experimenting and playing around, I came up with this image. It is a composite image made from other images, yet as artificial as it sounds, this is much closer to what I saw that night in 2013 as I stood beside my camera and took that original shot. So does that make it less real than the original? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593742509207-09ZBN4MMNNUYX75FI8DH/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+565.jpg The Milky Way Clouds at Boulder Beach, Acadia, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/bc82f076-e58b-4a7f-b634-fd0fd80ff527/Whitehead+Island+2022-2.jpg The Milky Way Whitehead Island Light Station and Milky Way, © John Meader, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593742887813-DENWH6IMSVJG2UKEI9X9/WireBridge+MilkyWay2.jpg The Milky Way Stars and Clouds at the Wire Bridge, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/e8ede587-ba58-4078-96c9-6e599305752b/Greenville+2022-1.jpg The Milky Way Steamer Katahdin, Greenville, Maine, © John Meader, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593743043336-KK55O5OR1RJFHC9ND6CJ/GhostontheBridge_bw.jpg The Milky Way Ghost on the Bridge, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/e93e06ca-1074-4bd6-ab9e-1aa45d65dfb4/Silver+Lake+2022-1.jpg The Milky Way Larry's Telescope, © John Meader, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591713886596-L2VOA1SEOXAY2SA2T0AH/Milky+Way+-+9.jpg The Milky Way Arch of the Night (a composite), © John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593743212102-T4KUADE0DFSJMECR4AM9/IMG_8201.jpg The Milky Way Mount Vernon Church by the lake, © John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591714211475-WA5SBWGHFGX2QUA7E7OT/Milky+Way+-+8.jpg The Milky Way Starlit Paddle, (A composite, one of the canoeist taken at twilight, and a second taken 2 hours later for the stars) © John Meader, 2019 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591714558742-SWNGDQTY0B69ZMUAFR8P/Milky+Way+-+1.jpg The Milky Way Wire Bridge #2, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593744840309-VUATYUWMV9MIRN4YQX6G/Next+Best+-+1337.jpg The Milky Way Clouds make better Sunrises, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591714930507-UHMYSM6KS9UZNQQEIOK3/Milky+Way+-+3+%281%29.jpg The Milky Way Wire Bridge #3, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593917848890-DAFATVX0F0Y5CAWND2L9/Next+Best+-+0813.jpg The Milky Way A Night Selfie, © John Meader, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593724821536-DXJQQ4ICXEAXJC3ODFFL/Bridge+entrance+MilkyWay.jpg The Milky Way Crossing the River, © John Meader, 2019 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591887228826-REGTGYKPFBMXTHAIMCCI/Next+Best+-+1123.jpg The Milky Way River Ice, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591887419969-LJ5U33ZEBOKJ8LBQ17SU/Next+Best+-+1124.jpg The Milky Way Dancing with the Stars (A composite, one for the scene, one for the dancer and her reflection), © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/ee72719c-2cd3-44a8-a706-e42c5a337f5f/Lows+bridge+2021--2.jpg The Milky Way Low's Bridge, © John Meader, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591887877082-2GEL04CYBGE2LNO0YXHJ/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+386.jpg The Milky Way Pemaquid Light, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593958337261-0ATXEH17LO7QS77SH16N/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+382.jpg The Milky Way Pemaquid Ledges and the Milky Way, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591888453208-Q47D6JPLO3RDFC674JIL/Flagstaff+Milky+Way+brightened.jpg The Milky Way Flagstaff Evening, © John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593627925524-19LS91PN5M1CBKCPMBPS/fullsizeoutput_a9c5.jpeg The Milky Way Picnic with the Galaxy, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593569551834-2YTV3CHGZJIT9JP4QK19/LongLake1+take2.jpg The Milky Way Long Lake with Elise, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591888712351-C6NAI5XPBW7HFMGM532E/Barn+MW+Fireflies.jpg The Milky Way Fireflies, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591888922322-3PTP6EPDMYZ5RZ39E575/MW+and+Carrabassett2.jpg The Milky Way Confluence of Rivers, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593627281096-1IE65XM3UKCUD4IJRF3Q/MW+and+Carrabassett2_bw.jpg The Milky Way Confluence of Rivers (b&w), © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593627499646-G21ZK8G9NLG9LFD23EW0/MilkyWay+Carrabassett1.jpg The Milky Way Along the Edges, © John Meader, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591968865653-WEOXHIVBAL4Y3SVR7GYR/Cadillac+Star+Party2.jpg The Milky Way Acadia Night Sky Festival, © John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591968701139-N9W2MJZOMPLTIJW4O7K2/Big+scope+at+ANSF.jpg The Milky Way Big Scope, © John Meader, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593565963917-IMURZSYD7HSCDT6PK88T/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+356.jpg The Milky Way Cape Gaspé Light, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593746501280-B9O0WYU2VUWSIV32NW70/Next+Best+-+1216.jpg The Milky Way Reflection at Cape Gaspé, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/39bdfbe7-3c78-4789-a773-fd597bfcdc26/Hebron+lake+2021-1.jpg The Milky Way Lake Hebron, Monson, Maine © John Meader, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593566295856-RQRVTB1JF1OD9I7SG95C/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+209.jpg The Milky Way Three Friends, Schoodic Point, © John Meader, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593569610175-VAN0TJCIP92GFKLA6IZN/Schooner+and+MW+-+1.jpg The Milky Way A Mary Day Composite, (a composite of two photographs-the schooner and the Milky Way), © John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593569872207-1YC5QT7MHFZACGPLQ68H/Timberwind+and+stars.jpg The Milky Way A Timberwind Composite, (a composite of two photographs-the schooner and the Milky Way), © John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593710762973-L1OI1Z0SJN6JGZYEMGQQ/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+207.jpg The Milky Way Schoodic Spruces and Milky Way, © John Meader, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593741578849-AM7ZB6GAICNFVREF03YJ/BoulderBeach+Pan+update2020_sm.jpg The Milky Way Boulder Beach, Acadia, © John Meader, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593745088040-UK0RFUWINJDX3Y8UZV65/Church+sky.jpg The Milky Way Humshaugh Chapel #1, © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593611240589-376MKC7BXYNOQC3SIW9A/Galaxy+Church.jpg The Milky Way Humshaugh Chapel and Milky Way #2, © John Meader, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1593741752652-8WRO4NJ3VIUFF7MQ24UN/FAA+Uploaded+only+-+213.jpg The Milky Way Dreams of a Voyage, © John Meader, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1594125855468-GYC72XQNWK7ERDVIU073/GlendoMilkyWay2.jpg The Milky Way Exploring the Milky Way in the Northeast, Glendo, Wyoming, © John Meader, 2017 https://www.welosartsandsciences.com/johns-watercolor-pencil-drawings daily 0.75 2020-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1596394487035-1DWJBM43LA6AB2M6BRWS/cherryTomatoes+Sketch.jpg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings "Cherry Tomatoes," watercolor pencils and ink on paper, John Meader, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591795762943-S3OSIBX8S2YBJ1OGYZHP/Drawings+-+7.jpg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings Thoroughfare Campsite, watercolor pencils on paper, John Meader, 1998 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1590776483689-XF2BDWMZRBV11S7F959L/Drawings+-+8.jpg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings "Behind Boyscout", watercolor pencils on paper, John Meader, 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591796389064-WLW93LD4M7JP4O8UMYEX/Drawings+-+5.jpg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings Gulf Hagus #1, Watercolor pencils on paper, John Meader, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1592576950033-8R5D111PVMG1TS4M94YS/fullsizeoutput_a85e.jpeg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings "Hammond Street Pitch," watercolor pencil on paper, John Meader, 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591796527277-EKK817YBQY4VL39KLN13/Drawings+-+10.jpg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings Aurora, Watercolor pencils on paper, John Meader, 2002 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ecfaea31c1e5c6bddab63d9/1591796664676-ZHYJEPZOE2UT5GKDV0KJ/Drawings+-+9.jpg John's Watercolor Pencil Drawings South Branch Pond, watercolor pencils on paper, John Meader, 1999 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