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The 22 most beautiful reader sunset photos north of Boston

"It was like a changing water color painting."

Roger Caro shares a sunset photo of Old Garden Beach in Rockport taken on July 26 with an iPhone 8. Roger Caro

August 5, 2020

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Last week we asked readers to share a spectacular sunset they photographed recently and over 100 submissions of vibrant skies flooded in from across New England and beyond. We narrowed it down to 60+ photos from Boston, Cape Cod and the islands, north of Boston, and south of Boston, and will feature our favorites by region over the next few days.Below, we feature our favorite north of Boston sunsets — from a glowing sky in Rockport to a calming sunset over Lake Massapoag in Tyngsboro, here are the top 22 reader-submitted photos.

North of Boston

Pine Point in Scarborough, Maine.

Sunset at Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton.

A recent sunset from Plum Island.

Sunset at Moosehorn Pond in Hubbardston.

Sunset at Old Orchard Beach Pier in Maine.

Sunset from Salem Willows Park.

An aerial panoramic sunset over Somerville.

“This spectacular sunset took my breath away. It was like a changing water color painting. I loved how the clouds reflect in the water and if you look closely you can see a man fishing,” Randi Werner wrote of his sunset photo submission of Haggett’s Pond in Andover.

Walter Hubbard shot this sunset on my iPhone at Horn Pond in Woburn.

Sunset in Newburyport on July 27.

The sun sets over the Annisquam River in Gloucester.

Sunset at Coffins Beach in Gloucester on July 28, 2020.

Salem Harbor from Marblehead.

Roger Caro shares a sunset photo of Old Garden Beach in Rockport taken on July 26 with an iPhone 8.

Sergio Castillo shares his sunset photo submission from Revere.

“I am blessed to live in Marblehead. Every night I get to capture a different sunset as I live right on Marblehead Harbor West,” Meryl Thompson shared this photo of a recent sunset.