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  • Ecola Creek cuts through a sandy beach to reach the Pacific Ocean at Kramer Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
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  • Ecola Creek bends as it cuts through a sandy beach to reach the Pacific Ocean at Kramer Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Ecola-Creek_Cannon-Beach_2145.jpg
  • A narrow band of cirrus clouds turn pink at sunrise high in the sky over Haystack Rock, a prominent sea stack on the Oregon coast at Cannon Beach. Haystack Rock is composed of basalt and was formed about 15 million years ago from lava flows emanating from the Blue Mountains and Columbia basin.
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  • A flock of gulls, primarily western gulls (Larus occidentalis), takes off from Kramer Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
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  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, dives off one of the Bird Rocks at Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area is home to one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_Diving_ChapmanPoint_23...jpg
  • A long camera exposure captures the motion of Pacific Ocean waves crashing over beach rocks at Las Tunas Beach in Malibu, California, in the golden light of the late afternoon.
    CA_Waves_Beach-Rocks_Las-Tunas_8719.jpg
  • The late evening sun lights up golden flowers and driftwood just before it sets behind the Olympic Mountains in this view from Richmond Beach, Shoreline, Washington.
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  • The late evening sun lights up golden flowers and driftwood just before it sets behind the Olympic Mountains in this view from Richmond Beach, Shoreline, Washington.
    Richmond-Beach_Sunset_Driftwood_Wild...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Lake Washington waves as they crash into pieces of driftwood on Juanita Beach in Kirkland, Washington.
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  • Several rugged islands including Little James Island (foreground) and James Island (background) are framed by large logs on Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington.
    OlympicNP_Rialto-Beach_Driftwood_815...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Pacific Ocean waves crashing onto Venice Beach in Venice, California, at sunrise.
    Venice-Beach_Waves_Sunrise_7458.jpg
  • Clouds, turned fiery red by the rising sun, and the crescent moon are in the sky over Muir Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California. This scene was captured from the Muir Beach Overlook trail.
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  • With a Pacific Ocean wave in the background, a Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) rests on a rock overlooking Las Tunas Beach near Malibu, California. This is an adult Heermann's gull, displaying breeding plumage. Heermann's gulls are native to the west coast of North America, from southwestern British Columbia to Mexico. The gulls are usually found at the shoreline or very far out to sea; they are very rarely spotted inland. Nearly all of the Heermann's gulls nest on Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California.
    Gull_Heermanns_Las-Tunas-Beach_9341.jpg
  • The full moon shines over Makena Beach, located on the Hawaiian island of Maui at night.
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  • A colorful, late-spring sunset colors the sky above the rugged cliffs of the Na Pali coast and the Pacific Ocean in this view from Ke'E Beach on Kauai's north coast.
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  • A fiery sunrise colors the sky over Muir Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California. This scene was captured from the Muir Beach Overlook trail.
    CA_Muir-Beach_Fiery-Sunrise_5488.jpg
  • In the low-angle light of sunset, a Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni) waits on Venice Beach, California, for a Pacific Ocean wave to wash food ashore.
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  • A herring gull (Larus argentatus) stands in wet sand on Venice Beach, California, waiting for Pacific Ocean waves to deliver more food.
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  • A fiery sunrise colors the sky red over Venice Beach, Venice, California.
    CA_Venice-Beach_Fiery-Sunrise_7260.jpg
  • A shorebird runs along the beach near Santa Cruz, California as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean.
    CA_Beach_ShorebirdSunset_NaturalBrid...jpg
  • A colorful, late-spring sunset colors the sky above the rugged cliffs of the Na Pali coast and the Pacific Ocean in this view from Ke'E Beach on Kauai's north coast.
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  • Hundreds of elephant seals fill the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
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  • Hundreds of elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) fill the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
    Elephant-Seals_Piedras-Blancas_Full-...jpg
  • Thin cirrus clouds fill the sky over the Olympic Mountains as the sun sets over Puget Sound in this view from Richmond Beach, Washington.
    Olympics_Richmond-Beach_Sunset_9725.jpg
  • The receding tide results in drainage patterns on the beach at Brackett's Landing in Edmonds, Washington.
    Edmonds_Beach_DrainagePatterns_1088.jpg
  • More than two dozen gulls rest on a rock at high tide in the Pacific Ocean off Muir Beach in California. The area is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, south of San Francisco.
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  • Hundreds of elephant seals fill the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth, mate and molt. Elephant seals are named for the long snouts, called proboscis, that male seals develop. The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.
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  • Canyon Creek flows across the Indian Beach in Ecola State Park on the Oregon coast. Several sea stacks are visible in the Pacific Ocean including Submarine Rock (left) and Sea Lion Rock Arch (right).
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  • The sun sets behind one of the prominent sea stacks known as the Marin Headlands at Rodeo Beach, located in the Golden Gate National Recreational Area near San Francisco, California.
    CA_MarinHeadlands_Sunset_0140.jpg
  • A pair of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) share a Pacific Ocean beach with dozens of gulls in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The pelicans are displaying their breeding plumage. The gulls are predominantly glaucous winged/western gull hybrids, which are especially common on the Washington and northern Oregon coast.
    Pelicans_Gulls_CannonBeach_6332.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash onto the Punalu`u Black Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. The beach is near the Volcanoes National Park and the erosion from the ocean waves turns the volcanic rock into black sand.
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  • A rust-colored beach rock stands out from the others on Crescent Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
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  • A long exposure blurs the motion of Pacific Ocean waves on a foggy morning in Venice Beach, California.
    Pacific-Ocean_Waves_Fog_Venice_7314.jpg
  • A flock of sanderlings (Caldris alba) rests on the rocks out of the reach of Pacific Ocean waves along Pescadero Beach in California. Sanderlings spend the summer in northern Canada and Greenland and winter on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America. The feed on mollusks and crustaceans, running along sandy beaches just ahead of the surf.
    Sanderlings_PescaderoBeach_0209.jpg
  • Shi Shi Beach, often named as one of the most beautiful beaches in Washington state, provides a stunning view of the Point of Arches, a chain of Pacific Ocean arches in Olympic National Park.
    OlympicNP_ShiShiBeach_Foggy_0869.jpg
  • The setting sun reddens low-level clouds, creating a fiery sunset over Pacific Ocean waves as they crash into Venice Beach in California.
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  • A long exposure turns Pacific Ocean waves into impressionistic streaks as they crash into Venice Beach at sunset in Venice, California.
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  • The sun begins to set over the Pacific Ocean and sea stacks at the Marin Headlands, located at Rodeo Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California.
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  • Several starfish (Ochre sea star/Pisaster ochraceus) are exposed by the receding waters of low tide at Chapman Beach near Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
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  • The setting sun lights up the cliffs of Chapman Point, located on the northern Oregon coast near Cannon Beach. Crescent Beach, a relatively remote part of Ecola State Park, is visible in the foreground.
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  • Dozens of brown pelicans preen themselves and rest as huge Pacific Ocean waves crash into their rocky bluff at Pescadero Beach, California.
    BrownPelicansPescadero.jpg
  • In early autumn, the maple trees of Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park in Renton, Washington, display the full assortment of fall colors.
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  • Sea lettuce in a variety of colors grows in a tide pool on Des Moines Beach, Des Moines, Washington.
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  • Rocks, shell fragments and other beach debris helps to illustrate the path of the wind at Bandon, Oregon. The wind, blowing from right to left in this image, is blocked by the obstacles. Sand piles up in the wake that develops behind each obstacle.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9220.jpg
  • In early autumn, the maple trees of Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park in Renton, Washington, display the full assortment of fall colors.
    Fall-Color_Maple-Tree_Gene-Coulon_Re...jpg
  • In early autumn, a maple tree shows a wide variety of fall colors in Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, Renton, Washington.
    Fall-Color_Maple-Tree_Gene-Coulon_Re...jpg
  • The moon shines over the golden Makena Beach on the Hawaiian island of Maui at night.
    Maui_MakenaBeach_Night_6306.jpg
  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, flies over Pacific Ocean near Chapman Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area hosts one of the three largest breeding colonies of the murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_LargeFlockInFlight_Cha...jpg
  • Red clouds at sunset hover over the red sand of Bushy Beach, located near Oamaru, New Zealand. The beach is famous for its yellow-eyed penguin colony.
    NZ_BushyBeach_8588.jpg
  • Choppy waves strike Ke`E Beach during a stormy sunrise on the north coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
    kauai-kee-waves.jpg
  • In early autumn, the maple trees of Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park in Renton, Washington, display the full assortment of fall colors.
    Fall-Color_Maple-Trees_Gene-Coulon_R...jpg
  • Sea lettuce in a variety of colors grows in a tide pool on Des Moines Beach, Des Moines, Washington.
    SeaLettuce_DesMoines_F0246.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves flow over the golden sand at Napili Beach, located on the west side of the Hawaiian island of Maui.
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  • The earth's shadow is visible just over the horizon in this sunrise image of Haystack Rock, a prominent sea stack in Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast. The reddish band above the earth's shadow is known as the Belt of Venus. Haystack Rock, at 235-feet, ranks as the world's third-tallest sea stack.
    HaystackRock_EarthsShadow_038_6149.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), or Honu in Hawaiian, rests on the Punalu`u Black Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. Punalu`u is one of the few beaches where these turtles bask in the sun. Scientists believe the cold-blooded turtles bask there to speed their metabolism and avoid tiger sharks.
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  • A photographer photographs the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean from a beach in Santa Cruz, California.
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  • A mottled anemone (Urticina crassicornis) feeds on a shore crab (Hemigrapsus) during an exceptionally low tide at Des Moines Beach Park, Des Moines, Washington.
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  • Pacific Ocean waves gradually erase footprints left on Makena Beach on the island of Maui, Hawai`i as the sun sets.
    Maui_MakenaBeach_Footprints_6837.jpg
  • A small snail leaves wandering tracks on the wet sand at Shi Shi Beach on the Pacific coast of Olympic National Park, Washington. The snail, covered in sand, is barely visible in the tracks at the bottom of this image, just left of center.
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  • Streaking patterns develop on the sandy beach at Bandon, Oregon as strong wind blows over rough patches.
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  • Water from the Greenland Sea, considered part of the Arctic Ocean, washes into Öxarfjörður, Iceland, exposing part of a black sand beach that was covered with snow.
    Iceland_Snow_BlackSandBeach_Öxarfjör...jpg
  • A sea stack off Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon, is completely covered with Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots. The area hosts one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_FlockOnSeaStack_Chapma...jpg
  • A 30-second camera exposure blurs the Pacific Ocean waves that crash into Point Pinos at Asilomar Beach, Pacific Grove, California.
    CA_AsilomarBeach_PointPinos_LongExpo...jpg
  • Streaking patterns develop on the sandy beach at Bandon, Oregon as strong wind blows over rough patches.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9221.jpg
  • A tree is reflected in a small pool of standing water in the Ecola Creek watershed near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_EcolaCreek_TreeReflection_0704.jpg
  • A long exposure blurs the action of Puget Sound waves as they crash around the beach rocks at Mukilteo, Washington at sunset.
    MukilteoBeach_Rocks_Waves_LongExposu...jpg
  • Several Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) dive for fish in the Pacific Ocean off Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon. Western Gulls are rarely seen away from the ocean and are found along the west coast of North America from Washington to Baja California. The mostly white birds are adults; the brown birds are juveniles.
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  • Hundreds of Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) wait along Sombrio Beach on Vancouver Island for low tide to reveal an all-you-can-eat buffet.
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  • Ripples on Ecola Creek catch reflections of trees along the watershed in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
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  • High cirrus clouds high over a beach near Sayulita, Mexico, are turned red and orange after sunset.
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  • Very large Pacific Ocean waves crash on Makena Beach, Maui, Hawai`i, obscuring the view of tree trunks during a period of heavy surf.
    Maui_MakenaBeach_HeavySurf_6198.jpg
  • The sun sets over the Pacific Ocean, turning golden the clouds above Makena Beach on the island of Maui, Hawai`i. The island of Kahoolawe, which was used for military target practice, is visible on the horizon at left; Molokini, a small islet that is a partially submerged volcanic crater, appears on the horizon just to the left of the sun.
    Maui_MakenaBeach_Sunset_6077.jpg
  • A California Gull (Larus californicus) rests on the beach as thick fog envelopes Otter Crest on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_OtterCrest_Foggy_Gull_0089.jpg
  • The receding tide results in drainage patterns on the beach at Brackett's Landing in Edmonds, Washington. Clouds colored by the setting sun are reflected on the wet sand.
    Edmonds_BeachSunset_DrainagePatterns...jpg
  • Vibrant shafts of light, called crepuscular rays, radiate from the sun as it sets over the Pacific Ocean. The clouds surrounding the sun cast their shadows over the ocean, forming the beams. This image was captured in Pacific Beach, Washington.
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  • Vestrahorn, a mountain located in southern Iceland, towers over the black-sand beach near Stokksnes.
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  • Vestrahorn, a mountain located in southern Iceland, towers over the black-sand beach near Stokksnes.
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  • Four adult bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rest on the beach along the Squamish River near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada. Hundreds of bald eagles winter in the Squamish River Valley to feed on spawned salmon.
    BaldEagles_FourOnBeach_Brackendale_4...jpg
  • The sun sets over the Pacific Ocean in this view from a rocky beach near Sayulita, Mexico.
    Sayulita_BeachSunburst_0653.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into the Honokalani Black Sand Beach, located in Wainapanapa State Park, Hana, Maui, Hawaii.
    maui-honokalani.jpg
  • The edges of storm clouds catch the red light from sunset, casting reflections onto Puget Sound in this view from Marina Beach Park in Edmonds, Washington.
    WA_Edmonds_Beach_Stormy-Sunset_9982.jpg
  • Three bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) rest on the beach of Protection Island in Jefferson County, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island mainly covered with grass and low brush. The island, which also has high sandy bluffs, serves as a nesting ground for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area. Bald eagles prey on those seabirds and their young.
    BaldEagles_Beach_ProtectionIsland_81...jpg
  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash into icebergs that have washed ashore at Breiðamerkursandur, a beach in southeast Iceland.
    Iceland_Icebergs_Beach_3889.jpg
  • The nearly full moon rises above Chapman Point, located on the Oregon coast near Cannon Beach. Crescent Beach, the long stretch of relatively remote beach, is part of Ecola State Park. The Pacific Ocean waves are blurred by a long exposure time.
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  • A bright rainbow falls on the base of a prominent sea stack on the Oregon coast. This sea stack is part of the Bird Rocks, a series of sea stacks located off Crescent Beach in Ecola State Park near the town of Cannon Beach.
    CrescentBeachRainbow.jpg
  • Three stray dogs, called satos, sit on El Gallito beach on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Throughout Puerto Rico, an estimated 200,000 abandoned or abused dogs roam the beaches and streets.
    Vieques_Stray-Dogs_El-Gallito_0474.jpg
  • A rock rests in a depression on driftwood on the beach of Marina Beach Park in Edmonds, Washington.
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  • The rising sun shines between two of the Moeraki Boulders, located at Koekohe Beach along Otago coast of New Zealand. Dozens of large, almost perfectly spherical boulders line the beach. About two-thirds of the rocks range in size from 1.5 to 2.2 metres (4.6 to 6.7 ft).
    NZ_MoerakiBoulders_8753.jpg
  • A double exposure helps emphasize the detail of a large sea stack at Silver Point, located on the Oregon coast south of Cannon Beach. A large sea stack known as the Jockey Cap is visible near the left edge of the frame.
    OR_SilverPoint_SeaStacks_DoubleExpos...jpg
  • The setting sun lights up several tall mountains above Barking Sands beach in Polihale State Park, Kauai, Hawaii. The tallest of the mountains is more than 1,600 feet (488 meters) tall. From right to left, the peaks are: Mana Ridge, Kolo Ridge, Lapa Ridge, and Haeleele Ridge. The remote beach is located at the western-most point of the island of Kauai.
    Kauai_Polihale_8337.jpg
  • A dark harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) stretches while hauled out on a rock near Ratner Beach in Malibu, California.
    Harbor-Seal_Stretching_Malibu_3660.jpg
  • A young family walks on the beach near Haystack Rock, Oregon, in thick fog. Haystack Rock, remnants of an ancient lava flow, is one of the world's largest monoliths.
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  • A long exposure captures the motion of Caribbean Sea waves as they crash ashore at Playa Pata Prieta, also known as Secret Beach, in the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
    Puerto-Rico_Vieques_Pata-Prieta_0321.jpg
  • Several large sea stacks off Silver Point on the Oregon coast near Cannon Beach are surrounded by Pacific Ocean waves at twilight. The large sea stack on the left side of the image is known as the Jockey Cap.
    OR_SilverPoint_SeaStacks_4755.jpg
  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, flies over Pacific Ocean near Chapman Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area hosts one of the three largest breeding colonies of the murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_LargeFlockInFlight_Cha...jpg
  • A large group of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), including many young pups, rest on the beach of Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge near Port Townsend, Washington. Protection Island, located at the mouth of Discovery Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a 364-acre island that serves as pupping grounds for hundreds of harbor seals as well as a summer home for 72 percent of the seabirds that nest in the Puget Sound area.
    WA_ProtectionIsland_HarborSeals_5422.jpg
  • A large flock of Common Murres (Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemots, dives off Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon. The area is home to one of the largest colonies of breeding murres on the Oregon coast.
    Murres_Common_Diving_ChapmanPoint_58...jpg
  • The full moon sets through a break in the clouds over Haystack Rock, located in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Haystack Rock, at 235-feet (72 meters), ranks as the world's third-tallest sea stack.
    HaystackRock_Moon_079_1947.jpg
  • A large sea stack is partially reflected in the sand at Ecola State Park, near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    SeastackReflectionEcola1.jpg
  • Dark storm clouds pass over the green water of the English Channel as viewed from the beach at Fécamp in the Normandy region of France.
    France_Fecamp_English-Channel_Stormy...jpg
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