SUMMER SMILE quote

JAM059
Outer Banks
Corolla NC
2008
by Melissa

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love ~Maya... more

by JAMART Photography

Title

SUMMER SMILE quote

Artist

JAMART Photography

Medium

Photograph - Art Photography

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JAM059
Outer Banks
Corolla NC
2008
by Melissa

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love ~Maya Angelou



our niece Emily

The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a 200 mi (320 km) string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States. They line most of the North Carolina coastline, separating Currituck Sound, Albemarle Sound, and Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean. A major tourist destination, the Outer Banks are known for their wide expanse of open beachfront and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The seashore and surrounding ecosystem are important biodiversity zones, including beach grasses and shrubland that help maintain the form of the land.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Banks

The Outer Banks were sites of early European settlement in the United States and remain important economic and cultural sites. Most notably the English Roanoke Colony vanished from Roanoke Island in 1587 and was the first location where an English person, Virginia Dare, was born in the Americas. The hundreds of shipwrecks along the Outer Banks have given the surrounding seas the nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic. The Outer Banks were also home to the Wright brothers' first flight in a controlled, powered, heavier-than-air vehicle on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills. During the 20th century the region became increasingly important for coastal tourism.

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January 20th, 2010