Mar 19, 2020

Letter from the Executive Director

We prepared this issue of Coastwatch before responses to COVID-19 quickly escalated. Many of the stories here will be much more relevant and meaningful when our lives return to “normal,” and some of the events we mention, such as statewide Star Parties, have been postponed indefinitely.

Mar 19, 2020

The Greatest Show on the East Coast

The Outer Albemarle Peninsula offers some of the darkest skies on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard, with sites for unsurpassed stargazing and a nightscape experience full of wildlife at play under the music of the spheres.

Mar 19, 2020

At the Dawn of Flight

The first successful flight of the Wright Flyer. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. BY LARRY E. TISE Torrential winds, wild ponies, marauding pigs, and an ever-shifting coast —…