First Light

Captured in: Nags Head, NC.

Seen here is a view from Jennette's Pier along the shores of North Carolina's outer banks. The pier is loc...
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Captured in: Nags Head, NC.

Seen here is a view from Jennette's Pier along the shores of North Carolina's outer banks. The pier is located in Nags Head, and is one of the more popular fishing spots in the OBX.

You'll always find a lot of activity along the pier, even at first light... While some folks go to fish, other simply come here to take in a beautiful early morning Atlantic sunrise.

Jennette's pier has been around in one form or another since 1939. The original pier took a beating by Hurricane Isabel back in 2003, and was rebuilt into the 1000 ft. hurricane resistant structure seen here -- employing concrete pylons (instead of wooden ones) to help weather extreme storms.

Many piers along the NC coast have been damaged over the years, and had to either be repaired to resist hurricanes or demolished altogether. The North Carolina Aquarium estimates that out of the 36 North Carolina piers in operation in 1980, only 20 still remain open today. *

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"First Light" is a blended HDR image that was processed using a combination of ACR, Photoshop and various Topaz Labs Plugins (Adjust, AI Clear, Denoise, Glow, and Impression).
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