NASA-ISRO Satellite’s First Look at Earth Zeroes in on Mount Desert Island

NASA-ISRO Satellite’s First Look at Earth Zeroes in on Mount Desert Island

Carrie Jones Sep 25, 2025 MOUNT DESERT ISLAND—A lot of people take a lot of images of Mount Desert Island, the home of a significant portion of Acadia National Park, but NASA’s new image of the island? It’s newsworthy. That’s because it’s a little hard to beat being one of the first shots taken from 464 miles above the Earth’s surface from a satellite in … Continue reading NASA-ISRO Satellite’s First Look at Earth Zeroes in on Mount Desert Island

Facing Pushback on Land, Maine’s Space Industry Looks to the Sea

Sep 03, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Acadia Shops. By Stacey Zhang of the Maine Monitor The training facility of the Maine Space Corporation, the quasi-governmental agency tasked with building the infrastructure for the state’s nascent space industry, sits at the end of a humming hallway in Brunswick Landing’s Hangar 5. On an exceptionally hot day in mid-July, in the absence of air conditioning, … Continue reading Facing Pushback on Land, Maine’s Space Industry Looks to the Sea

Total Eclipse Grabs Some Hearts

Locals Flock North and Look Up On The Island as Eclipse Shadows Maine CARRIE JONES APR 09, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR AND A LOT MORE PLACES—Local residents ventured north for a peek at the peak totality while others went to parts of Acadia National Park or just outside their own homes to witness a solar eclipse that shadowed parts of North America. Mount Desert Historical … Continue reading Total Eclipse Grabs Some Hearts