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Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse Before Dawn

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The Roanoke Marshes lighthouse is often one of the most overlooked of the Outer Banks lighthouses, simply because of its small stature, limited visibility and remote location tucked away at the quiet east end of the Manteo (North Carolina) waterfront.

The current Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, unlike its Outer Banks counterparts, it not an original. Instead, it is a replica of the original lighthouse that was constructed in 1877 at the southern entrance of the Croatan Sound in Wanchese, to help both passing sailors and local fishermen find their way to port. This lighthouse was actually the third to carry the name “Roanoke Marshes Light” as the first two, also constructed in the 1800s, were lost soon after they were constructed and put into service.

This scene was captured before dawn ….

Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse Before Dawn

Mattamuskeet Lighthouse

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Mattamuskeet is often referred to as the “other” lighthouse, because that is how it is popularly known. In fact, Mattamuskeet is not truly a lighthouse: Mattamuskeet was originally a pump house, with it’s goal being to empty Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina.

With the purpose of draining the lake, the structure was built in 1915 as the world’s largest pumping station. When that project was scrapped, it became a hunting lodge in 1937. Now, the local landmark has been largely empty for more than three decades, since it closed to goose hunting in 1974. Yet preservationists are counting on the area’s natural beauty to generate interest in restoring the lodge.

Lake Mattamuskeet Lighthouse

Bodie Island Lighthouse

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The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872. It stands 156 feet (48 m) tall and is located on the Roanoke Sound side of the first island that is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The lighthouse is just south of Nags Head, a few miles before Oregon Inlet.

Bodie Island Lighthouse

Bodie Island Lighthouse

A Low Layer of Morning Fog at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

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A series of images of Outer Banks, North Carolina.

(The Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina and a small portion of Virginia, beginning in the southeastern corner of Virginia Beach on the east coast of the United States.)

A low layer of morning fog at dawn at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse …

A Low Layer of Morning Fog at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

A Low Layer of Morning Fog at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse