• Brown Pelican taking off.

    Cape Hatteras

    National Seashore North Carolina

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Sunset near Pea Island

Sunset near Pea Island.

Photo by Chris Wonderly

Click on the photo gallery link above to view some of the historic and natural landscapes protected at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Did You Know?

Sea Whip, though it looks like a plant, is actually whole colony of animals.

A piece of sea whip that washes up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore is not a plant, but the skeleton of a whole colony of animals.

A tiny animal lived in each hole on the yellow, orange or purple stems.  It had a mouth, a stomach and eight tentacles to catch food.