Jockey's Ridge State Park, located in Nags Head along the Outer Banks, is the largest natural standing sand dune in the Eastern United States.
This photograph was taken by Carol M. Highsmith (1946-), a North Carolina native and renouned photographer of the American experience. This image and more than 40,000 others taken between 1980 and 2006 were donated by Highsmith to the Library of Congress for public use.
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Jockey's Ridge State Park, North Carolina, the East's tallest natural sand dune located in Nags Head, North Carolina. Nags Head North Carolina United States, None. [Between 1980 and 2006] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011631836/.
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