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Acadia National Park in Maine, where a New Jersey man died Monday night after falling off a 40-foot cliff.

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A 68-year-old New Jersey man fell off a cliff to his death in Maine on Monday, according to a report.

Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park. A Glen Ridge man died after plunging into the water on Monday.

Mark Simon of Glen Ridge was photographing the sunset during a visit to Acadia National Park when he plunged about 40 feet into the Atlantic Ocean, BangorDailyNews.com said.

Simon's wife, who had been waiting in the couple's car, notified a ranger when her husband hadn't returned by 9:30 p.m. Authorities soon found Simon's backpack and then spotted him at the bottom of a bluff between Sand Beach and Thunder Hole, moments before the tide washed him away.

The U.S. Coast Guard sent out two boats to search for Simon and found his body at about 11:30 p.m about 50 yards off the shore of Newport Cove, WCSH6.com said.

Simon spent his summers in Southwest Harbor.

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