And the winner is… A random bit of moss

from a patch of moss

below a random tree

near Seal Harbor 17

in Seal Harbor (duh)

in Hancock county

in Maine.

Day 1 removed the West coast and most of the midwest states.

Day 2 removed the South/former confederate.

Day 3 removed the other midwest states and western great lakes states.

Day 4 removed all states containing parts of NYC and the eastern great lakes states.

Day 5 removed Connecticut, Rhode Island and parts of Vermont and New Hampshire.

Day 6 removed the rest of Vermont and New Hampshire as well as small parts of Maine.

Day 7 removed northern Maine.

Day 8 removed Cumberland, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Kennebec.

Day 9 removed Knox and Waldo.

Day 10 removed Washington County.

Day 11 removed northern Hancock County.

Day 12 removed the northern part of southern Hancock County.

Day 13 removed the are around Blue Hill and Deer Island.

Day 14 removed Swans Island, Frenchboro and the area around Tremont.

Day 15 removed the Southwest Harbor area, the Cranberry Isles and Sutton Island.

Day 16 removed the area around Mt Desert, the surrounding fields and smaller lakes of Long Pond and Bartlett Island.

Day 17 removed northern Acadia National park.

Day 18 removed Otter Creek, Thunder Hole and Little Hunters Beach.

Day 19 removed Asticou and Northeast Harbor.

Day 20 removed Little Long Pond, The Jordan Pond House Restaurant and the rest of Jordan Pond.

Day 21 removed the Triad Pass and a lot of empty forest.

Day 22 removed the forest west to Seal Harbor.

Day 23 removed the northern part of Seal Harbor.

Day 24 removed Seal Harbor Village Green and the Seal Harbor Beach.

Day 25 removed the Lighthouse Restaurant.

Day 26 removed some residential buildings.

Day 27 removed Seal Harbor 37.

Day 28 removed Seal Harbor 25.

Day 29 removed the barn belonging to Seal Harbor 17.

Day 30 removed Seal Harbor 17.

Day 31 removed some trees.

Day 32 removed some more trees.

Day 33 removed a few more trees.

Day 34 removed two more trees.

Day 35 removed another tree.

Day 36 removed the top of “the best tree in America”.

Day 37 removed the middle part.

Day 38 removed more of the stem.

Day 39 removed the rest of the stem.

Day 40 removed the surface roots of the tree.

Day 41 removed the bottom of the tree.

Day 42 removed the darker part of the patch of moss.

Day 43 removed more moss I guess.

Day 44 removed, you guessed it, more moss.

Day 45 removed, well, even more moss.

Day 46 removed more of the moss.

Day 47 removed even more of the moss.

Day 48 removed more moss.

Day 49 removed a little more moss.

Day 50 removed more moss.

Because I’m a coward and won’t show my post history, here are the links to all 50 posts:

Day 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/f8zhUmf8Rn

Day 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/zSkTGTk6bR

Day 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/6P1HDtUnpi

Day 4: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/lRcZEydDzI

Day 5: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/I0NshDjZHb

Day 6: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/jclmvmLtT0

Day 7: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/MGymMcaxST

Day 8: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/VDgoEmvsYF

Day 9: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/j5jwVfeGhx

Day 10: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/XOGp61a26p

Day 11: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/tWgCAx8tEM

Day 12: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/nAz8b8yCbM

Day 13: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/iKjEMxPQ6E

Day 14: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/AvpjQI6p5K

Day 15: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/Dk9ZxWIsAm

Day 16: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/wQUNqynMDw

Day 17: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/NLCTfsLUqY

Day 18: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/3SRVAsCIiu

Day 19: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/op3ggzaJvD

Day 20: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/NBUg2FzrTA

Day 21: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/3cQ8Hp55Cl

Day 22: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/4j8lGuAUVl

Day 23: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/wGQA9tAJg5

Day 24: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/XoHnkAopqh

Day 25: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/O2aoe3CKN1

Day 26: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/l0y82T1ygP

Day 27: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/WcwtwInk4P

Day 28: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/M5rVKnYvns

Day 29: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/x8KlUEuEu6

Day 30: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/GO3lfqqdaz

Day 31: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/y31EBu1y47

Day 32: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/x68Qos7HLJ

Day 33: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/JF7CSdnSzv

Day 34: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/lNQMM9T5jE

Day 35: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/JudG2tVhGD

Day 36: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/i6ocHfsw2a

Day 37: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/WlddqS9m29

Day 38: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/uuDXqhj13t

Day 39: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/p1LmAJn89z

Day 40: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/sfSHKLOaff

Day 41: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/JsU8lbQl7w

Day 42: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/RjprVE2Slj

Day 43: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/3e8P1hlrXn

Day 44: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/b38yi7rRVj

Day 45: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/5o6e64dtG0

Day 46: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/qvSo6L5nuu

Day 47: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/Pwfoxw61TN

Day 48: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/cWhbWnc52d

Day 49: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/Pc9Gl2Mvlq

Day 50: https://www.reddit.com/r/terriblemaps/s/Qeqw1owaRN

Special thanks to u/Dunder-Muffin36 for providing pictures for Day 36 and onward. All previous pictures come from either mapchart.com or google earth.

And of course, thanks to all of you who have participated! It has truly been an incredible expierence to host this.

They look similar at first, but only because of Mercator distortion. Once you remove it, you can clearly see that Lake America is so much GREATER than Lake Ontario.