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Significant ocean overwash at the sandbag dunes on Ocracoke 01-04-2022
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Atmosphere remnants of a recent space launch on the morning of Nov. 7, 2022
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Aerial view of the Cape Hatteras Light Station landscape in 1975
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A Common Snapping Turtle crossing Ramp 72
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Ocracoke Island Discovery Center
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A squirrel treefrog cryptically blending into its surroundings near the Bodie Lighthouse
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One of the four 150-year-old granite markers that delineates the historic district of the Bodie Island Light Station
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The South Point mudflats
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A black-necked stilt forages among the grasses adjacent to the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
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Sandbag area of Ocracoke Island 11-11-2022
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A whitetail fawn blends in with its surroundings near Bodie Lighthouse
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Prototype of a first-order Fresnel lens
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A white-tailed buck peers at an intruder
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Black skimmer chick south of Ramp 72
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A glossy ibis forages in the flooded grass field at the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
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Two piping plovers foraging on Bodie Spit; several have been migrating through the area recently
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Sandbags along NC-12 pummeled by king tides and surf
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A juvenile coyote peers through the vegetation on Bodie Spit
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Sea turtle hatchling at sunrise
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A juvenile green sea turtle submerges after briefly coming up for air near Basnight Bridge
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A blue grosbeak in the Bodie Island Lighthouse area
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Beds of glasswort change color from green to red in the fall, sound side Hatteras Island
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Three species of terns loafing on the beach on Bodie spit; a sandwich tern (top), a common tern (middle), and a black tern (bottom).
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A surfer catching some shade north of Buxton Village on October 24, 2024
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White tail deer watching the sunrise over the ocean
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It's the double-crested cormorant edition of Wildlife Picture Day
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A ruddy turnstone inspects a piece of beach debris for damage in the Ramp 25 area
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A marbled godwit forages in the foreshore on Bodie Island
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The pond and distant ocean provide a beautiful backdrop for the original Bodie Island Lighthouse Fresnel lens
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Buxton Beach Access 10-05-2024
