 Clouds on the horizon lit up before sunrise on Bodie Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Early light behind the Bodie Island Lighthouse (built in 1872; 165 ft tall) in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Bodie Island Lighthouse prior to sunrise in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Sunrise at Bodie Island delayed by distant thunderheads over the Atlantic in Cape Hatteras NS |
 First sunlight touches the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Sunlight bathes the Bodie Island Lighthouse as seen from along the boardwalk in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Sunrise on the marshes on Bodie Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Early morning view of the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Bodie Island Lighthouse silhouetted by the rising sun in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Early morning light on the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 A Bodie Island marsh from a wildlife platform in the early morning hours in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Silhouette of an egret in the waters of a Bodie Island marsh in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Full morning sunlight on the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The original first-order Fresnel lens atop the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Great white herons in the waters of a Bodie Island marsh in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Bodie Island Lighthouse from the boardwalk in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Muskrats foraging for food on the grounds of the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Bodie Island Lighthouse against a blue morning sky in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Synchronized muskrat feeding on the grounds of the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Flower in a Bodie Island marsh lit by the morning sunlight in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (built in 1870; 198.5 ft tall) as viewed from the beach in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Beachgrass cloaks the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Clear morning view of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, world second-tallest brick lighthouse, in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Historic US Weather Bureau Station on Cape Hatteras Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 British Cemetery, lives lost in a German torpedo attack on a British tanker in 1942 in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Hatteras-to-Ocracoke vehicle ferry station in Cape Hatteras NS |
 View on board the Hatteras-to-Ocracoke vehicle ferry in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Pelican on a sand bar as seen from the Hatteras-to-Ocracoke vehicle ferry in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Hatteras bound ferry as seen from the Hatteras-to-Ocracoke vehicle ferry in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Ocracoke ferry dock as seen from the Hatteras-to-Ocracoke vehicle ferry in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Ocracoke Lighthouse (built 1823; 75 ft tall) on Ocracoke Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Closeup of the Ocracoke Lighthouse, above the trees, in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Ocracoke Lighthouse, North Carolina’s oldest operating lighthouse, in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Looking up at the Ocracoke Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The grounds of the Ocracoke Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Metal floating staircase inside the Ocracoke Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 1823 gate with United States Lighthouse Establishment (USLHE) initials at the Ocracoke Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Ocracoke Lighthouse bathed in mid-afternoon sunlight in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Oil container, for pre-electric operations, at the Ocracoke Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Sand dunes along North Carolina Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Pony Pen, descendants of a once wild herd, on Ocracoke Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 A horse grazes in the Ocracoke Island Pony Pen in Cape Hatteras NS |
 One of the horses in the Ocracoke Island Pony Pen in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Mid-afternoon view of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 A Sandpiper in a pond on Cape Hatteras Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The crescent moon over the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Dead branches reflected in a pond on Cape Hatteras Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse glowing at sunset in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Birds on a sandbar in a pond on Cape Hatteras Island in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Bright late afternoon sunlight on the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 The Bodie Island Lighthouse with a cloudy backdrop near sunset in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Clouds and blue skies at sunset highlight the Bodie Island Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras NS |
 A crab in the waters under a Bodie Island wildlife viewing platform in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Dramatic clouds over the Bodie Island Lighthouse at sunset in Cape Hatteras NS |
 Sunset paints the Bodie Island Lighthouse and clouds in Cape Hatteras NS |