"Ocracoke Light"
The lighthouse at the western end of Ocracoke Island, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
The U.S. Lighthouse Service recognized that a lighthouse was needed to assist mariners through Ocracoke Inlet. In 1794, construction began on Shell Castle Island, a 25 acre, shell-covered island located between Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island to the south. This site was adjacent to the deepest inlet channel between shallow Pamlico Sound and the ocean. A wooden, pyramid-shaped tower was completed four years later. In addition to the light, a small lightkeeper’s house was built along with several cargo wharves, gristmills, houses, and other facilities.
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Canon EOS 5D
1/256 second
F/10.0
50 mm
50
Sep 20, 2012, 2:16:52 PM
Adobe Photoshop 7.0
19mm