Nags Head, NC · Aug 16–19, 2026 · Issue 001

Breaking wave and photographer’s shadow on wet sand, bright blue sky

Nags Head

Nags Head, NC

Aug 16–19, 2026

Issue 001

Nags Head, NC

Aug 16–19, 2026

8 photographs

Water hit 82° on the 19th.

Billy Howell

Overhead breaking wave, photographer’s shadow on wet sand

Golden-hour beach, breaking wave, bird over the water

Golden-hour shoreline with a sandpiper and foam line

Sitting on the sand looking at sunset over the ocean

Dunes, a person and a white cooler under an overcast sky

Dune-ridge pavilions silhouetted against a backlit sky

Shoreline stretching toward a pier