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Real Cape Cod scenery, shared with permission by local photographers, plus public-domain photos from the National Park Service. Tap any photo to see the original.

R. Marcotte Photography

Landscape photographer based on Cape Cod, MA

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Nauset Light's red and white tower lit against a starry night sky, its beam sweeping the clouds — Nauset Light under the starsNauset Light Beach, Eastham · 📸 R. Marcotte Photography
Shot while looking for the Milky Way and meteors at Nauset Light Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore.
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Weathered pilings and cross-braces beneath the Sandwich Boardwalk, with marsh and water beyond — Under the Sandwich BoardwalkSandwich · 📸 R. Marcotte Photography
Taken from the mud beneath the boardwalk.
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The weathered wooden bow of a boat crusted with mussel shells, with water and sky behind — A weathered bowChatham · 📸 R. Marcotte Photography
Fun fact from the photographer: half this boat was missing!
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National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore

Public-domain photos from the National Park Service's Cape Cod National Seashore media library

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The sun rising over Nauset Light Beach, with a lifeguard chair on the empty sand — Early morning at Nauset Light BeachNauset Light Beach, Eastham · 📸 Brittni Connell / NPS (public domain)View the original →

The sun rising over the Atlantic, seen past a dune fence at Nauset Light Beach — Sunrise at Nauset Light BeachNauset Light Beach, Eastham · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

A wide sandy beach below a tall sand cliff, with surf rolling in — Marconi BeachMarconi Beach, Wellfleet · 📸 Brittni Connell / NPS (public domain)View the original →

Blue ocean beyond a wooden fence and green shrubs on the dunes — Ocean view from the Marconi SiteMarconi Site, Wellfleet · 📸 Brittni Connell / NPS (public domain)View the original →

Beige sand dunes rolling toward the water under drifting white clouds — Truro dunesTruro · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Sand dunes and low green scrub in the Province Lands — Province Lands dunesProvince Lands, Provincetown · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Blades of beach grass bending in the wind and tracing circles in the sand — Compass grassCape Cod National Seashore · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

The sky fading from blue to pink as small waves break on the beach — Atlantic surf in the eveningCape Cod National Seashore · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Waves breaking along the beach on a misty morning — Atlantic surf on a misty morningCape Cod National Seashore · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

A trail through pines overlooking marsh and water at Great Island — Great Island TrailGreat Island Trail, Wellfleet · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

The shingled Old Harbor Life-Saving Station in the dunes on a clear day — Old Harbor Life-Saving StationProvincetown · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

The Old Harbor Life-Saving Station in the dunes, shrouded in fog — Old Harbor Life-Saving Station in the mistProvincetown · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Race Point Light on the horizon beyond the green salt marsh of Hatches Harbor — Race Point Light from Hatches HarborHatches Harbor, Provincetown · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Race Point Light and its keeper’s house among the dunes — Race Point LightProvincetown · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

The keeper’s house and Race Point Light glowing pink at sunset — Race Point Light at sunsetProvincetown · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Highland Light’s white tower and keeper’s house under a blue sky — Highland LightTruro · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

The Three Sisters lighthouses on a green lawn among trees — The Three Sisters lighthousesEastham · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

Calm water winding through the salt marsh at Hatches Harbor — Hatches HarborHatches Harbor, Provincetown · 📸 Brittni Connell / NPS (public domain)View the original →

A tidal creek cutting through tall green marsh grass — Hatches Harbor creekHatches Harbor, Provincetown · 📸 Brittni Connell / NPS (public domain)View the original →

A yellow water lily rising above lily pads on Gull Pond — Water lily on Gull PondGull Pond · 📸 NPS photo (public domain)View the original →

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