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Posts from April 2010

Evening Skies

The rain cleared and the sun came out, lighting the sky. I stood on our deck to get this shot.


Published in N Magazine

N Magazine has a nice feature using our Sconset Bluff erosion photographs. We’re on pages 10, 11, and 12 and our photograph is used on the index page. Thanks to the N Magazine staff for doing such a great job!


Erosion on Smith’s Point

These were all taken on Smith’s Point this afternoon. The floor of the first house pictured is now several feet over my head. A short time ago, I had to crouch to walk under it. The second photograph shows all that is left from 32 Rhode Island. This cottage was swept away last month. The [...]


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7 April 2010 @ 1pm

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5 April 2010 @ 4pm

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Phenomenon Called a Fog Bow

Read about Fog Bows Here We witnessed this on Saturday evening. Instead of a pot of gold, we found this large metal box that had washed ashore. This is what I misidentified as a chest of drawers in a previous post.


Update on Swept Away

The bluff house, Swept Away, is being moved now. Last week we had noticed more undercutting close to the house and tonight, we found the patio had finally fallen. It is being moved back 20 feet to allow for a little more time at this location.A house was lost on Smith’s Point due to the [...]


Special Offer – Folio of our Latest Project

We have a new fine art folio of our project, Questions of Privilege, about Nantucket’s ‘Sconset Bluff. The folio includes photographs of the southern end of the bluff which retains its gentle slopes and the northern end which has been ravaged by erosion this year. This project was photographed from October 18, 2009 to March [...]