This photograph captures a peaceful early-summer afternoon at Chatham Lighthouse Beach, just before the height of the summer season. Chatham Lighthouse stands over a parking lot beginning to fill, while the uncrowded shoreline below is dotted with just a handful of beachgoers. Three boats glide on the water, with beloved North Beach Island stretching across the horizon and separating Chatham Harbor from the open Atlantic. A quiet glimpse of summer in Chatham before the rush begins.
