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Cape Hatteras Light

Artwork: #1073 of 1125 by Skip Willits

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Skip Willits 18 Days Ago

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks Jessica!

Jessica Berlin 18 Days Ago

Philadelphia, PA - United States

congratz on your sale!

Steve Taylor 19 Days Ago

Christchurch, E9 - New Zealand

This is such a brilliant photograph. F/V

Kate Brown 19 Days Ago

San Francisco, CA - United States

Nice shot, congrats on your sale!

Daniel Eskridge 19 Days Ago

Marietta, GA - United States

Fantastic!

Skip Willits 19 Days Ago

Cayce, SC - United States

A huge thank you to my South Beloit, IL buyer.

Skip Willits 19 Days Ago

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you Jeff.

Jeff Swan 19 Days Ago

Selah, WA - United States

Congrats Skip

Skip Willits 19 Days Ago

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you to my notecard buyer from Harrison, NY.

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you Andre, that is of course the old location. The tower was moved some years ago.

Gatineau, QC - Canada

Great picture of a not less great tower. I notice the importance of the place occupied by clouds in the composition, capital.

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks Jeanne!

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you Jeanne!

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks Jeanne

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you Jeanne, much appreciated.

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks Bill

Philadelphia, PA - United States

Very cool Skip!!

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks to my Hunterville, NC buyer.

Cayce, SC - United States

A big thank you to my Williamsburg, VA buyer!

Cayce, SC - United States

A big thanks to my Ontario, Canada card buyer. Much appreciated!

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks Ronald.

Fort Myers, FL - United States

Congrats on your sale!

Cayce, SC - United States

Thanks Nina,Judy and Clare!

Chippenham, Wi - United Kingdom

Congratulations on your sale!!

Spring Hill, FL - United States

Congratulations!

Beverly Hills, CA - United States

congrats!!!

Cayce, SC - United States

A huge thankyou to my La Grange, NC buyer.

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you Steve.

Bolton, ON - Canada

A beautiful landscape, Skip! vf

Cayce, SC - United States

A huge thankyou to my Raliegh, NC buyer. Please enjoy the print.

Cayce, SC - United States

Terrance, I'm sorry for the typo but have no idea how that happened. Still very appreciative of your support.

Cayce, SC - United States

Sorry folks, but have been out of town. Many, many thanks to Deborah, Ter rance, Elizabeth, Bill, George, Denisa, Kate and Kim for all your kind comments.

Brooklyn, CT - United States

Beautiful! V/F

Brooklyn, CT - United States

Gorgeous Photo of the Hatteras Light! Congrats on your sale!

Warwick, RI - United States

Awesome, voted, congrats on your sale!

Iasi, Ia - Romania

Lovely landscape! Congratulation on your sale!

Christmas, FL - United States

Nice shot! Congrats on your sale!

Philadelphia, PA - United States

Congrats on your sale!!!

Olathe, KS - United States

Great job, Skip. Congratulations.

Hillsboro , TX - United States

Excellent POV. Congrats on your sale!

Daytona Beach, FL - United States

Gorgeous image and low hanging clouds Skip!!! f/v

Cayce, SC - United States

Thank you Jeanne....I thought that I was having a dej a vue moment....my mother's maiden name was spelled the same way as your first name and her last name was Wood (without the s). Just a scary moment...lol. I do appreciate your comment.

New Orleans, LA - United States

This is beautiful shot.

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Cape Hatteras Light

Artist:

Skip Willits

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Description:

This is the 208 foot tower at Cape Hatteras before it was moved inland. You can just imagine what a big nor easter or hurricane would have done if it had not been moved. At 193 feet, this East Coast tower is the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States. At the elbow of the outerbanks in North Carolina, this lighthouse overlooks the collision of the cold, northern, ocean currents with the warm, southern, gulf currents. The resultant sea is normally violent and during storms the area has earned the reputation as the �Graveyard of the Atlantic.� The shoal waters (Diamond Shoals) extend over eight miles to sea from this light, and pointed cones of spouting surf can be seen reaching to the horizon.

Viewed in the 19th century as the most important light on the East Coast, the Hatteras lighthouse was to warn approaching ships of the shoals. The first light however, with Argand lamps and parabolic reflectors, was doomed because of lack of power. In 1870 the light was raised from the original 95 feet to 140 feet and the first, first order Fresnel lamp in the US was installed.

After the Civil War, the light had to be replaced again. In 1870 the current light was completed and painted with the distinctive black and white bands in 1873. Erosion has been the big question surrounding the Hatteras light. In 1935 the tides were within a few feet of the foundation and the lens was moved to a skeleton tower inland. By 1950 the sea had not claimed the tower and the lens was returned to its proper place. The light was moved 2900 feet to the SW in 1999 to avert disaster by the encroaching sea. The image shown here is therefore unique. The lighthouse and keeper�s house can be viewed daily by the public and is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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March 30th, 2011

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