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GUARDING THE HARBOR

GUARDING THE HARBOR

Looking over Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina. Fort Macon was built in 1826 to guard the entrance to the harbor. The semicircular cannon emplacements presented a...
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Looking over Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina. Fort Macon was built in 1826 to guard the entrance to the harbor. The semicircular cannon emplacements presented a crossfire too attackers.
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camera

NIKON D80

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 10/5000 Focal Length 700/10

location

location

Beaufort, North Carolina, US

upload_date

upload_date

Aug, 2019

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51

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This is my back yard!! I live down the road about 20 miles. I also worked for the Coast Guard next door for several years.

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