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title: On Thompson Lake in Maine, USA
date: 2012-05-05T16:24:52Z
modified: 2012-05-05T16:24:52Z
permalink: "https://350.org/thompson-lake-maine-usa/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: "the last two years have set new early records for ice-out--hence this dot at water's edge"
wpid: 29292
author: Bill McKibben
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the last two years have set new early records for ice-out–hence this dot at water’s edge

![](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/6998939376_62c85cb9eb_z.jpg)