Sunrise over a sea of clouds from Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park

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Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain

Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia in August 2025, with low clouds sitting under a pink and orange sky. I came over a couple of days after climbing Katahdin, about a four hour drive down the Maine coast. It was in the mid 50s at sunrise, almost no wind, and we were up above a solid layer of cloud. A few people were standing out on the granite watching it come up.

Cadillac is the high point of Mount Desert Island, and it's a well known place to watch the sun come up. I just stood on the granite and watched the color come into the sky.

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