Boneyard Beach, Bull Island, South Carolina. Here, hundreds of oaks, cedars and pines are strewn along a three mile stretch of beach on the northeast corner of the island; all the result of an ever-changing beach in constant battle with the in-coming surf. Bull Island, at 5000 acres, is the largest of four barrier islands found within the Cape Romain NWR. Captions: USWFS Photo source: ©© Hunter Desportes
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North Carolina is famous for its beautiful set of coastal barrier islands. But did you know that those islands are mobile? Around 14 thousand years ago, as the last ice age was coming to a close, sea level began to rise as water was released from the glaciers.
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