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The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is another one of North Carolina’s iconic landmarks along the coast that has served as a navigational beacon for years.
While this image was captured on my 3rd visit to this lighthouse, I vividly remember my first night photographing at the lighthouse many years ago. I had just started dabbling in astrophotography and my senses were heightened at being alone at night in unfamiliar territory and my lack of experience. The rustling of leaves in the breeze, coupled with the sounds of the deer in the woods were standing the hairs on the back of my neck upright. However, there was something deeply reassuring in the glow of the light from the lighthouse, every time it shone towards me. It helped allay my angst through the experience.
I have always remembered that experience and can only imagine the relief sailors from long ago must have felt when seeing the familiar glow of this lighthouse at night, using it to guide them safely around North Carolina’s treacherous coastline.
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