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Portland Head Light: America’s most scenic lighthouse

Portland Head Light’s location and prominent features make it likely the most scenic lighthouse on all the Atlantic Coast: Visiting Portland Head Light: White surf pounds the outcrops of rock on a blue sky day. In the foreground is a … Continue reading

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Picture of the week: Boston Light at Sunset

As the sun sets over Black Rock Beach in Cohasset, Boston Light is visible in the distance, as are some other distant lights from the North Shore:

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USS Constitution honors Boston Marathon first responders

The USS Constitution was brought out for a turnaround in Boston Harbor yesterday, June 4th, 2013. This was a beautiful sight that made its observers proud: Constitution was out to celebrate the tradition of American heroism. Specifically, to honor the … Continue reading

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Great Brewster: The Wild Island

On a clear Boston day, one can stand near the city’s waterfront and see the silhouette of Great Brewster Island’s dunes, far offshore in the outermost reaches of the harbor. The wild island: Great Brewster Island is a deserted landscape: its … Continue reading

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Bumpkin Island: Exploring the trails, ruins and views

Bumpkin Island: This subliminally beautiful and frankly under-rated island is worth a visit.  The island may be dismissed given its close proximity to the shores of Hull, as well as its strange name (which may be only an adaptation of … Continue reading

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Good Morning from Scituate Harbor

Here is a photo taken in the beautiful town of Scituate, MA about 25 miles south of Boston. This photo is taken across the channel from the rock jetty at the mouth of Scituate Harbor. This is a great area to … Continue reading

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The full moon rising over the South Shore

April 25th was the unique combination of a full moon, a sunset moonrise, and a clear night in which the moon can be seen!  Here is a view of the moon rising over the South Shore, from Black Rock beach … Continue reading

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Hingham Bay from Above!

The South Shore from the air! Here is a East-facing photo I took the other day while on approach to Logan Airport. Hull and Cohasset in the background, World’s End and Hingham’s Crow Point in the middle, and Grape and … Continue reading

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Webb Memorial Park: A Boston Harbor Island feel without being on an island

Weymouth’s Webb Memorial Park: In addition to being a former NIKE missile launch sight during the Cold War, and the location of a Revolutionary War battle in 1775, this is a park offers sweeping views of the southwest corner of Boston … Continue reading

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Picture of the week: Boston Light at dusk

Here is a shot we snapped the other night from Point Allerton in Hull. We were able to catch the light as it came our way. For more about Boston Light and the nearby Brewster Islands, click here.

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