Camped right outside of Freeport, Maine, and decided to check out this local "attraction". Turned out to be pretty interesting! The Desert of Maine was man-made, caused by poor farming techniques and then overgrazing by sheep. It's slowly being reclaimed by forest. The glacial silt ("sand") has a lot of mica in it and it's very glittery in the sun. Enjoyed this.
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| A picture of a picture, showing the spring house in 1960. |
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| Top of the tallest "dune". You can see how sand has buried the trees. |
Eventually the sand will kill those trees, making the desert ever larger.
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