"Looking East"

Many visitors to Bodie Island lighthouse wonder where the Atlantic Ocean is when they're on the grounds at the base of the lighthouse. You can't see the ocean from there, but, looking east from the lantern room past the Fresnel lens, there are some ponds in the foreground and then the Atlantic Ocean just above.

 

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