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the gulls ride on the updrafts over the bluff above chatham's 'overlook' beach... you can park your car facing the ocean and watch the show without having to get out, or you can go down the stairs and walk a beautiful wide beach... I took the picture facing southeast; in the distance is the cape cod national seashore with the atlantic ocean beyond, and at the upper left is a partial view of the infamous 'chatham break', where during a winter storm some years ago the outer beach eroded through and the open ocean surf came pouring through into the placid harbor; the break was originally only about 30 feet wide, now it measures a quarter mile, and it has completely changed the face of this beach; several expensive houses have already slipped into the sea, along with family cottages and shacks out on the barrier beach...