tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740111.post5733841627787152230..comments2018-10-23T09:42:03.205-07:00Comments on Filling the Unforgiving Minute: Bodie Island LighthouseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740111.post-73012782436086986422008-05-03T09:43:00.000-07:002008-05-03T09:43:00.000-07:00Thanks! One thing I've learned over the years is ...Thanks! One thing I've learned over the years is that lighthouses are <B>very</B> photogenic. You want to look like an artistic photographer? Go shoot a lighthouse.Matt Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731018937989711921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740111.post-66251934610690254612008-05-03T09:35:00.000-07:002008-05-03T09:35:00.000-07:00Very nice photo of the lightouse! I like how you ...Very nice photo of the lightouse! I like how you framed it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740111.post-16970648418909099752007-08-15T17:28:00.000-07:002007-08-15T17:28:00.000-07:00Great picture. Love it.Great picture. Love it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927340720483655237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740111.post-73551751333795931382007-08-13T08:28:00.000-07:002007-08-13T08:28:00.000-07:00We visited Hatteras in 1996 and it was still used ...We visited Hatteras in 1996 and it was still used back then. I think anything that can help any ship along the Carolina coast is a welcome addition.<BR/><BR/>We stayed in Nags Head, a town on the Outer Banks. It's called that because "ship wreckers" used to put a ship's mast light around a horse's neck and walk the horse along the top of Jockey's Ridge (the tallest sand dune in America). Ships would assume the sea was still deep and sail too close to the shoals and run aground. Then the wreckers would go claim the wreck.Matt Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731018937989711921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19740111.post-24065541253786254112007-08-13T07:27:00.000-07:002007-08-13T07:27:00.000-07:00As of 1998, I know that ships still used lighthous...As of 1998, I know that ships still used lighthouses for navigation. We also used GPS and some dead reckoning with the aide of gyroscopes. But, we also took bearings to things like light houses to fix our position.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if they still do it? Probably in the NAV.JimIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490036980295467544noreply@blogger.com