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A bird’s-eye view can show you a lot about a place — its size and shape, its hidden contours, and the water, forests, roads and development around it.
I got this landscape-level view of part of Penobscot Bay last week. I flew in a small propeller plane between Belfast, Searsport and Stockton Springs, up to the mouth of the Penobscot River where it flows from Bucksport around Verona Island, and back again.
The flight was organized by opponents of Maine’s proposed offshore wind port on Sears Island and facilitated by Lighthawk, a nonprofit that runs flyovers for conservation groups with local volunteer pilots.
I had flown with Lighthawk once before, in 2019, to see the…
