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Looks like the earthworks from a civil war fort. After some googling I'd guess it's probably Ft. Fisher. I visited there about two years ago - there's a nice aquarium there now.
Posted by: Andy | 10 December 2011 at 02:14 PM
Fort Fisher, sea face view : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fisher
Posted by: [email protected] | 10 December 2011 at 02:26 PM
pl,
You raised my curiosity, so I had to Google the image.
It is Fort Fisher, in New Hanover County, NC, which protected the Cape Fear Inlet. It protected access to Wilmington, the last major Confederate coastal fortification to be seized by the Union. It took two battles to do the job.
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a joint Army Navy Marine (yes, the Marines!) endeavor, long before Jointness was a warfighting concept.
Google is God.
Posted by: B. D. Warbucks | 10 December 2011 at 03:11 PM
B.D. Warbucks
Yes, but the navy-marine landing party was defeated in their landing against this sea face wall. Devereux knew about that. He learned it the hard way. In the end, Alfred Terry's scratch corps broke in from the north side- 12 January, 1865. The loss of the fort closed the last blockade running port. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 10 December 2011 at 04:17 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fisher
Fort_Fisher
Very Easy : Drag the image to google image search & see the result.
Posted by: s | 10 December 2011 at 09:19 PM
s
Such a clever fellow! pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 10 December 2011 at 09:20 PM
Beautiful place to visit. My friends and I usually go down that way for a weekend every summer - couple of nice little towns on the beach there, not nearly as hectic and crowded as Myrtle Beach and the like.
Posted by: DFS | 10 December 2011 at 10:42 PM
It looks like the future Staples National Forest and (proposed) Water Park.
Posted by: optimax | 11 December 2011 at 02:31 AM
Our first line of defense in case of attack by Iran once Gingrich is in office?
Posted by: Fred | 11 December 2011 at 09:18 AM
Who invented the Iranians?
Posted by: Byron Raum | 11 December 2011 at 01:20 PM
BM
Who invented the Israelis? God? Come to think of it, who invented Americans? Ah, I remember, our ancestors invented Americans so that they could live in the city on a hill after first taking the building site from the Indian "squatters" and then smiting the unworthy and immoral degenerates to the south. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 11 December 2011 at 01:22 PM
December 10 is also the lowest tide of the year- at least on the West Coast
Posted by: oofda | 11 December 2011 at 02:08 PM
I believe a full moon, too. Just the kind of night for a debate, no?
Posted by: fred | 11 December 2011 at 02:54 PM
Who invented God?
Posted by: optimax | 11 December 2011 at 04:42 PM