Photos Of The Year

Nantucket Current •

The Nantucket Current has gathered together some of the best photos taken throughout the year. Some were captured by members of our staff while others were generously shared with us by loyal readers for us to publish. Below are some of the best photos to come out of 2024.

Photo Apr 02 2024 6 11 40 AM Large
The Easy Street Basin at sunrise in April. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Apr 08 2024 2 28 45 PM Large
Island student's staring at the solar eclipse in April. Photo by David Creed
Photo Aug 11 2024 1 37 48 PM Large
Aerial view of Smith's Point in August. Photo by Peter Sutters
Photo Aug 12 2024 2 14 03 AM Large
The Northern Lights over the south shore. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo Aug 15 2024 2 49 05 PM Large
A humpback whale spotted of Miacomet Beach in July. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Aug 16 2024 2 36 26 PM Large
A great white shark washed up at Low Beach in August. Photo by Liza Phillips
Photo Aug 16 2024 10 18 30 AM Large
12-year-old Stone Fornes caught a 118-pound white marlin off Nantucket in August, believed to be a junior world record. Photo by Elliot Sudal.
Photo Aug 18 2024 12 10 43 AM Large
The Rainbow Fleet rounding Brant Point in August. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Aug 22 2024 8 28 51 AM Large
Joseph Bedell working on the restoration of the Old Mill in August. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Aug 24 2024 11 20 44 AM Large
A worker scales one of the Vinyard Wind turbine blades in August. Photo by Austin Starr
Photo Aug 25 2024 12 43 28 PM Large
The damaged Vineyard Wind turbine in September. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Dec 07 2024 1 19 20 PM Large
Santa being escorted by Coast Guard Station Brant Point for his parade down Main Street during Stroll Weekend. Photo by David Creed
Photo Dec 12 2024 10 32 55 AM Large
A Connecticut Army National Guard Chinook helicopter recovers a stranded buoy at Great Point in December. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Dec 15 2024 1 18 30 PM Large
An excavator became stuck in the former Windswept Cranberry Bog in December. Photo by @ipulloutbeachtowing
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 1 Large
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS over Nantucket and the Sankaty Head lighthouse in late October. Photo by Donald Haltenhof
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 2 Large
A man was rescued after his boat capsized off Monomoy Island by Nantucket anglers Joe Tormay and Nick Whitbeck.
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 3 1 Large
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS over the south shore. Photo by Jason Graziadei
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 3 Large
The October super moon - also known as the Hunter’s Moon - cast its light on Nantucket. It was the biggest and brightest moon of 2024. Photo by Dan Oberlander on an American Airlines flight headed to Europe.
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 4 Large
A wild cloud formation off Nantucket that looks like a mountain. Photographed this fall by Mike Thureson
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One of the boats that sank in a September storm in Nantucket Harbor. Photo by Charlie Svenningsen-Macort
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 6 Large
Beyonce and Jay-Z at a wedding on island in September
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A balancing act on the south shore in August. Photo by Mathis Devanssay.
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 8 Large
Lightning strikes off Sankaty Head in September. Photo by Shane Riley
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 9 Large
The damaged Vineyard Wind turbine in August. Photo by Zac Von Kampen
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 10 Large
Three bucks at Great Point in July. Photo by Dan Schultz
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 12 Large
The Vineyard Wind turbine shortly after its failure in July
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Vineyard Wind blade debris in July. Photo by Allyson Waterman
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 13 Large
Island lifeguards wearing hazmat gear during the first day of cleanup of the Vineyard Wind debris in mid-July. Courtesy of the Town of Nantucket
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 14 Large
Nantucket lifeguards retrieving Vineyard Wind turbine blade debris from the surf on the south shore in July. Photo by Thomas Dore
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 15 Large
A man attempts to pull a deceased tiger shark ashore at Tom Nevers Beach. Photo by Jenny Menjivar
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM 17 Large
A "Feckless Young Sod" found sleeping in the wrong house on Union Street.
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Trucks appear to be driving on the Boat Basin docks in May, but are actually floating on a barge in the harbor. Photo by Peter Sutters
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The first Cyber Truck to grace the shores of Nantucket got stuck in the sand at Eel Point in May.
Photo Dec 27 2024 8 07 54 AM Large
Ryan Davis, a member of Nantucket High School's Class of 2024, cutting the net following the boys lacrosse team's first ever state championship. Photo by Chris Tran
Photo Feb 13 2024 1 09 42 PM Large
Snow blankets the harbor in January 2024. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Feb 17 2024 5 00 09 PM Large
The sailboat Buenos Aires is recovered after grounding at Monomoy Beach. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo Jan 10 2024 10 24 23 AM Large
Sheriff Jim Perelman surveying the coastal flooding on Easy Street in February. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Jan 10 2024 12 19 08 PM Large
Luke Johnson surfing at Quidnet Beach in January. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Jan 13 2024 2 11 19 PM Large
Erosion reveals more of the remains of the old Tom Nevers Navy base in January. Photo by Jason Graziadei
Photo Jul 04 2024 9 00 48 PM Large
Fourth of July fireworks over Jetties Beach. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo Jul 10 2024 11 38 27 AM Large
Elmer Fudd joins the Serengeti animals off Milestone Road in April. Photo by Jason Graziadei
Photo Jul 16 2024 4 12 54 PM Large
A young girl watching lifeguards clean up Vineyard Wind debris in July.
Photo Jul 27 2024 10 41 37 AM Large
A close up look at the damaged Vineyard Wind turbine. Photo by Burton Balkind
Photo Jul 31 2024 12 02 05 PM Large
One Dread celebrates the arrival of September. Photo by Gaven Norton
Photo Jun 03 2024 12 08 31 PM Large
Workers reinstall the Main Street fountain in June, seven months after it was destroyed by the driver of a pickup truck. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Jun 13 2024 10 54 54 AM Large
Kevin Burleson & Gabriel Frasca after finally opening the doors to Straight Wharf Fish. Photo by Jason Graziadei
Photo Jun 24 2024 9 48 01 PM Large
The scene of a rollover accident out on Madequecham Valley Road in June. Photo by David Creed
Photo Mar 13 2024 4 46 40 PM Large
Lilly Potter during a Nantucket High School musical production of "Pippin" in the spring. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo Mar 18 2024 7 59 07 AM Large
Nantucket High School students gathered to remember Christopher Alexander Arevalo Lemus, 17, the boy who tragically died in March in a car crash on Bartlett Road.
Photo Mar 30 2024 9 33 23 AM Large
The Easter Egg Hunt at the Boys & Girls Club. Photo by Hugh Robbins
Photo May 04 2024 3 01 16 PM Large
Nantucket Community School dance instructor Kelly Corbett with a student during the Danceworks recital in June. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo May 19 2024 2 47 09 PM Large
The Lynx arrives in Nantucket Harbor in May. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo May 22 2024 7 20 42 PM Large
A unique view of the Sankaty Head Lighthouse looking across Sesachacha Pond. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Nov 01 2024 6 53 46 AM Large
Opening Day of the 2024-25 commercial scalloping season. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Nov 04 2024 7 13 38 AM Large
A great blue heron spotted at the Land Bank’s property on Long Pond cast a picture perfect reflection on the water in November. Photo by @kindflowproductions on Instagram
Photo Nov 11 2024 7 31 50 AM Large
The aftermath of a car fire out at Smith's Point in November. Photo by Jason Graziadei
Photo Nov 17 2024 6 21 09 AM Large
The Polluck Rip channel buoy washed ashore at Great Point in November. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Nov 25 2024 3 37 37 PM Large
Sunrise off the west end in November. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Nov 26 2024 1 29 10 AM Large
The Nantucket football team won the Island Cup 22-14 in overtime against Martha's Vineyard at Fenway Park. It was the first win for the Whalers against their island rival since 2021. Photo by Chris Tran
Photo Nov 29 2024 3 11 16 PM Large
A Secret Service agent on Centre Street during President Biden’s Thanksgiving visit. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Oct 06 2024 5 25 03 AM Large
Fishing off the south shore in September. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Oct 06 2024 9 48 47 PM Large
Sankaty Head Lighthouse and the northern lights. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo Oct 09 2024 6 49 35 AM Large
Sunrise over Brant Point in October. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Oct 10 2024 9 14 45 PM Large
The northern lights over Children's Beach. Photo by Charity Grace Mofsen
Photo Oct 13 2024 1 15 42 PM Large
The sign of the Veranda House is reinstalled in September. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Oct 16 2024 4 21 15 PM Large
Moonrise over the middle moors. Photo by Kit Noble
Photo Sep 04 2024 10 24 04 PM Large
The Milky Way off Cisco Beach with Vineyard Wind’s lights on the horizon. Photo by @samhillnantucket on Instagram
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