Bodie Island Lighthouse Autumn Coastal Marsh

The National Park Service used this image for the cover of the 2013 Annual Report for the Denver Service Center, the branch responsible for the... more

by Mark VanDyke

Title

Bodie Island Lighthouse Autumn Coastal Marsh

Artist

Mark VanDyke

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Photograph

Description

The National Park Service used this image for the cover of the 2013 Annual Report for the Denver Service Center, the branch responsible for the restoration activities of the Bodie Island Lighthouse.
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Early sun brushes the coastal marsh grasses behind the Bodie Island Lighthouse along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Bodie Island is one of a string of barrier islands off the shores of North Carolina. Lighthouses are frequent along the Outer Banks, where offshore conditions were particularly dangerous. Two opposing currents--the warm gulf and the cold Labrador--crash into each other resulting in unpredictable shoaling for historical mariners. This lighthouse was one of the many beacons along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, identified through unique daymarks (paint patterns) and nightmarks (light beam patterns).

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November 27th, 2013