Slide Show - Cape Ann Winter - New England Views

New England Views - Cape Ann Winter - Volume 1

Welcome to New England Views, the site for New England Photography.  [Thatcher's Island Lighthouse, Sea Smoke at Dawn]

Cape Ann has an unmatched concentration of beauty, especially in the Winter.  ​From majestic snow-covered beaches and lighthouses, to scenes of everyday life for lobstermen and fishermen.  [Good Harbor Beach, December Early Morning]

Big storms here can make it challenging to get a close-up view.  [Ice and waves at Halibut Point State Park]

When winter hits Cape Ann, there are still working boats in Rockport Harbor. With unpredictable and often severe weather, some boats haul in their gear till spring.  [Rockport Harbor, Lobster Boats, and Motif #1]

New England lobstermen and fishermen are tough: enduring long hours, and frequent storms.  [Cape Ann Lobsterman Gussie Contrino]

Rough conditions can spawn churning waves, and spectacular surf.  [Long Beach Winter Waves]

Bigger Cape Ann boats -and even some small ones- brave the icy conditions.  [Gloucester Harbor with Ice, Panorama]

When it’s below freezing on Cape Ann, Arctic Sea-Smoke can appear.  By mid-morning the frosty blue tones arrive, doing justice to the frigid temps.  [Thatcher's Island Lighthouse, with Ice and Sea Smoke]

On the coldest days, when the wind chill is -20, the ocean erupts in a cauldron of Arctic Sea Smoke, spiraling high above the ice-crusted lighthouses.  A rare and inspiring example of New England Views.  [Sea Smoke at Thatcher's Island Lighthouse]

The wildlife on Cape Ann is well adjusted to the seasons.  This Great Blue Heron is fishing from a stream in the Marsh.  [Great Blue Heron in the Marsh]

Gloucester’s Good Harbor Beach gets hammered by a storm.  In summertime the crowds are huge.  But clashing green waves, and icy wind-gusts, mean a mostly empty beach.  Except for the surfers... they love it!  [Winter Green Waves, Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester]

This Cape Ann beach features a lighthouse view.  An oncoming storm sets the stage for winter’s mosaic of light and color.  Little green rippling waves belie the force and fury that follow.  [Annisquam Lighthouse, Winter Sunset]

Bass Rocks in Gloucester with crashing green waves, and gulls soaring in the wintry gale.  Thatcher’s Island with its two historic lighthouses, known as “Twinlights.”  [Bass Rocks Winter Storm Waves, and Thatcher's Island]

And finally, what could be more New England than a Cape Ann Lobster Shack dusted with snow?  [New England Fish Shack]

Thanks for visiting.  Stay tuned for more New England Views!

New England Photograhy, by Mark Kanegis 

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