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Accreting Beach after Floyd: Format: image/photograph

Another overwash fan: In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 13; Figure 11 shows the last overwash fan on this trip, I promise. This one destroyed the dune over which this walkway was built and moved the sand landward to cover the walkway deck in the background. If you look closely you will see a change in color on the...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Balinese man holding turtle catch for display on beach: An Balinese man standing on the beach beside a wooden fishing boat holds up a turtle he has just caught. The smiling man wears a green cap, blue jacket, shorts, and a black and white shoulder bag. Like fish, turtles are highly appreciated as protein-rich food...; Format: image/photograph

Beach and berm: In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 4; Figure 2 shows another view of the same rather dull topography of beach and berm. A little life can be seen in the middle background where pioneering sand dune plants have established a precarious roothold. In the left background you can see where sand has...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Beach and berm of Masonboro Island: Format: image/photograph

The beach at Cartagena, Colombia: Two fruit vendors on the beach look at the camera. They are selling watermelon, oranges, bananas and several melons. Cartagena is a large seaport town on Colombia's northern coast. It was settled in 1533 by Spanish conquistadors and was an important seaport...; Format: image/photograph

Beach erosion: In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 16; Figure 14 shows how beach erosion has undermined the deck and foundations of the houses in the foreground and apparently has threatened to do the same in the multifamily dwelling behind them. Note the remnants of an earlier dune on the right, and the roadway...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Beach Erosion: Format: image/photograph

A beach in Mahabalipuram, India: This is a beach in Mahabalipuram, India. A man is dragging a boat across the sand into the surf, and closer to the viewer is another boat, also made of wood, with its prow painted blue and yellow. It is attached to a thin rope. In the background, there are...; Format: image/photograph

Beach scene in Cartagena, Colombia: A woman walks along the beach with fruit in a bowl perched upon her head. A man in a red bathing suit looks at the camera. Waves roll in from the Caribbean sea in the background. Cartagena is a large seaport town on Colombia's northern coast. It was settled...; Format: image/photograph

A beachfront house threatened by erosion: In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 3; Figure 2 shows a beachfront house being undercut by waves. Unfortunately, this kind of damage happens frequently as sea level rises and erosion eats into the shoreline. Erosion into housing areas usually occurs when something happens to increase the local...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Beachfront Mansion: Format: image/photograph

Bogue Inlet: Format: image/photograph

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, NC: This is Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, North Carolina. It is North Carolina's best-known lighthouse. In 1989, after many debates, studies and proposals, the National Park Service made the decision to move the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse approximately one-half...; Format: image/photograph

Cloud-shrouded sunrise over Topsail Beach, North Carolina: This is a cloud-shrouded sunrise over Topsail Beach, located in Pender County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Currituck Beach Lighthouse from afar: This is the Currituck County Lighthouse from a distance. The only lighthouse in North Carolina still housed in its original structure and one of only a dozen lighthouses nationwide with an original Fresnel lens still in use, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse...; Format: image/photograph

Damage from Hurricane Floyd: Damage from Hurricane Floyd to Oak Island, North Carolina, 1999.; Format: image/photograph

A double rainbow on Caswell Beach, NC: A double rainbow arches over the ocean at Caswell Beach, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Dune destruction without structural damage on Oak Island: Format: image/photograph

Dune Erosion on Bear Island(east End of bear island): Format: image/photograph

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