The autumn foliage is at peak color in the small town of Stark, New Hampshire, population 478 as of the last census. This is the center of the town, with the Stark Union Church in the foreground and the Stark Covered Bridge on the right. Other public buildings in the center are the Stark Village Inn, the Stark Town Hall, and a school. There are no stores or gas stations in the town.

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This cute little church is one of only a few public buildings in the small town of Stannard, Vermont, population 208 as of the last census. There are no paved roads and no retail establishments in the town. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Another interesting fact is that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders lived in Stannard from 1968 to 1971.

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The Milky Way shines over the small remote town of Granby, Vermont. The main street, shown here, includes this post office and church, along with a nearby town clerk's office and public works facility. The only other town building is a one room schoolhouse down the road a ways. There are no restaurants, bars, gas stations, or stores of any kind in the town.

Granby has a population of 81 as of the last census. It was one of the last towns in the state to be hooked up to the electric grid.

Also see daytime photo of Granby in B&W:
www.flickr.com/photos/davetrono/40797592283

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It's a beautiful spring evening in the rural New England village of East Corinth, Vermont.

Also see Milky Way from this location: www.flickr.com/photos/davetrono/49993962583

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The Milky Way blankets the Northern Skies Observatory, located in the town of Peacham, Vermont. The photo is a panorama of 8 vertical overlapping images spaced 30 degrees apart. It has been reprocessed from an earlier, wider version (still available) to fit a 16x9 format.

The bands of green airglow seen below the bow are caused by electrically charged Oxygen and Nitrogen ions recombining with electrons, giving off light in the process.

The observatory is operated by the Northeast Kingdom Astronomy Foundation (NKAF). It is one of about twenty observatories on the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network, whose major purpose is to record, image, and study gamma-ray bursts. The non-profit foundation is also heavily involved in local high school astronomy classes, as well as the Governor's Institutes of Vermont.

Also see this close-up and detailed info on the observatory:
www.flickr.com/photos/davetrono/42239486970

NKAF website: www.nkaf.org
NKAF Facebook: www.facebook.com/nkaf.org

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