View of the Atlantic Ocean 10-02-10

At certain times of the year during the morning hours, the Atlantic Ocean is visible to the southeast of Mount Washington, off the coast of Maine. The reflection of the sun gives the water a golden color, clearly delineating the coastline.

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[Ricktard1010]

About how many miles away is the Atlantic from the mountain?

[MWOObserver]

@Ricktard1010 The Atlantic coast at Portland, ME is about 65 miles away.

[n1jdu]

Sorry, just *where* was the ocean?? It would have been nice to STOP panning for a second or so. Also, the extreme telephoto view .. looks like that may have been "helped" with your editing program (ie. not totally optical zoom)

[MWOObserver]

@n1jdu Additionally, I assure you that the closeup view of the coastline (or extreme telephoto as you refer to it) is indeed entirely optical zoom. This video was created using a Sony HDV camcorder, Handycam HDR- FX7 model to be exact, with a 20x optical zoom. You can look up the specs for yourself. I can also assure you that only basic editing was done to this video (i.e. iMovie).

[MWOObserver]

@Ricktard1010 You're welcome! We even forgot that it was in the video :-)

[Ricktard1010]

@MWOObserver I just realized that the distance is about 5 seconds into the video :p

Thanks for the response anyway.

[Caveman4RC]

@n1jdu Wolf's Neck SP in Freeport? Check. Portland and Back Cove? Check. Yeah, pretty sure you can see the Maine shoreline right *there* in the video.

[Caveman4RC]

I can see my sisters house from here...

[abbiandallismom]

Wow!!!

Incredible!

I think the fog and the mountain make the scene/view extra beautiful.

[djsi38t]

That was it .I have been lucky enough to witness this.

[dtmatrsf]

Incredible!

I remember my parents taking me there 9 years ago when I was 11 years old..it was something I'll never forget, going up Mount Washington..wish I could have seen something like this! Way to go!

[globalhawk777]

I saw Mt Washington yesterday, as we departed at 0900 for London, out of BOS Logan