It certainly does look similar to the one Rainer suggested, but IMH Peter's photo is much nicer than the one in Wikipedia.That's a beautiful capture, Peter!
That's a very appealing image, you managed to get it in front of a great background.It looks like a skimmer type to me. It's hard to be sure without seeing more angles, but it's probably a female Yellow-sided Skimmer, Libellula flavida, which is found in North Carolina though it's apparently fairly uncommon.http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/FieldGuideAction.get/id/47124A series of pictures of both males and females from different angles: http://greglasley.com/nonBirds/yellowsideskim.html