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 |