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Bass Hole boardwalk in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts.
Bass Hole Sunset An October evening at the Bass Hole boardwalk that crosses the Chase Garden Creek Marsh in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. © Katherine Gendreau

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