TANGIER ISLAND, VA
Photo by Jay Fleming
The Chesapeake Bay’s frigid waters surrounding Tangier Island are sun-kissed at dawn,
soon to cast light on crab shanties where watermen shed peeler crabs into soft crabs during
warmer months.
TANGIER ISLAND, VA
Photo by Jay Fleming
Waterman Trent Pruitt rides his bike around the No. 7 day marker of the Chesapeake Bay at the Island’s eastern entrance during a deep freeze three winters ago.
OCEAN CITY, MD
Photo by Grant L. Gursky
We titled this image “On Golden Pond” as our Parting Shot to close this issue.
A brilliantly setting winter sun paints breathtaking colors across the sky to the west of Ocean City. Okay, we know the Assawoman Bay is not a pond, but we couldn’t resist the opportunity — and neither could this couple, who captured the moment with their cellphone cameras.