More Parabolas in Nature
I like the natural parabola formed by these hills. Or maybe it’s an inverted bell-curve. Whatever this North side of Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park is, it’s lovely.
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4 Comments
Alex Rozn · September 15, 2010 at 11:55 am
Beautiful… What state is it in?
MrHonner · September 15, 2010 at 5:39 pm
It’s Acadia National Park, near Bar Harbor, Maine.
eadurkin · December 30, 2011 at 10:55 am
Would that not be a hyperbola … or (a non-infinite) half of one? The other half is hopefully reflected in the clean, unpolluted water…
Taylor Fox · March 12, 2012 at 11:17 pm
What is some of the history on this?