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By adamg - 1/17/16 - 3:55 pm
Sunset over Pleasure Bay, South Boston

Guy with the Camera enjoyed a recent sunset in South Boston.

Copyright Guy with the Camera. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 1/1/16 - 11:33 am

2016 Polar Bear Swim

Steve Safran took The Plunge at L Street in South Boston this morning.

By adamg - 11/13/15 - 3:32 pm
Storm over the Back Bay and South Boston

Around 1:45 p.m. at Castle Island.

The view across Pleasure Bay towards the Kennedy Library was equally dramatic: Read more.

By adamg - 10/29/15 - 5:16 pm
Kiteboarder in South Boston

Eileen Murphy captured a kite boarder in Pleasure Bay today.

By adamg - 7/7/15 - 10:52 pm
Windsurfers in South Boston

V was struck by the number of windsurfers in Pleasure Bay this afternoon.

By adamg - 6/21/15 - 5:18 pm
Fog over Boston Harbor islands

Eileen Murphy spent some time today watching the fast changing weather over Boston Harbor. One moment fog, then the skies brightened: Read more.

By adamg - 4/11/15 - 9:21 pm
Spring volleyball at Carson Beach in South Boston

Across the city today, winter-weary Bostonians shed their coats, or, at least, unzipped them a bit as they marveled at temperatures that approached 60.

On Carson Beach in South Boston, Eileen Murphy watched a game of volleyball (a brisk wind aided the windsurfers in Pleasure Bay).

In the Public Garden, as 617 Images shows us, a couple actually had a picnic:

By adamg - 4/6/15 - 10:34 pm
Sunset over Pleasure Bay and the South Boston power plant

Eileen Murphy captured the sunset behind the old South Boston power plant from Castle Island tonight.

By adamg - 4/4/15 - 11:07 pm
Moonrise over South Boston

Eileen Murphy caught the moonrise over Pleasure Bay tonight.

By adamg - 4/1/15 - 11:27 pm
Moonrise over Admiral Farragut in South Boston

Eileen Murphy watched the moon rise over the Farragut statue in South Boston.

By adamg - 12/13/14 - 12:03 pm
Seagull in Pleasure Bay, Boston

Eileen Murphy watched a seagull watching the traffic from a perch in Pleasure Bay.

By adamg - 10/26/14 - 11:48 pm
Football rescue in Pleasure Bay

Eileen Murphy watched this pair successfully rescue their football from the chilly waters of Pleasure Bay at Castle Island today - without either of them getting dunked in the briny deep

By adamg - 1/9/14 - 12:40 pm

The Herald reports on this morning's rescue off Castle Island.

By adamg - 9/10/13 - 2:47 pm

The Globe's David Ryan posted a photo of something very finny sticking out of the water in Pleasure Bay today as a wind surfer circled it.

By adamg - 8/28/13 - 10:17 pm

Pleasure Bay in the fog.

By adamg - 6/13/12 - 8:20 am

Sunrise over South Boston

Heidi took this photo of the sun coming up over South Boston from Carson Beach the other day.

By adamg - 5/29/12 - 8:42 am

Updated 2:15 p.m.

State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office are investigating how a 60-year-old Dorchester man wound up dead in the water off Castle Island this morning.

State Police recovered the man's body this morning after a passerby noticed it in the water around 7 a.m., the DA's office says. A cause of death has yet to be established; an autopsy is pending.

The man was declared dead at the scene. Officials are withholding his name, but are asking anybody with information to contact State Police at 617-727-8817 or by calling 911 on a cell phone.

By adamg - 7/5/10 - 10:28 am

Seagull vs. crab at Pleasure Bay.

By adamg - 6/20/10 - 10:26 am

Paragliding

Beth Peardon watched some parasurfing off South Boston yesterday.

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