Stars and the Milky Way over a thin tree line along the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
The Milky Way lights up the sky behind the Bodie Island Lighthouse, in North Carolina. The lighthouse was built in 1859 and overlooks what is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, where over 5000 ships have sunk.
The Milky Way above a winery in northern NC and a view of pilot mountain