Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

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Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

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Soutwest view from Hurricane Visitor Center, Olympic National Park

Soutwest view from Hurricane Visitor Center, Olympic National Park

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Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

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Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

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A Pacific Wren finds its stage atop a moss-covered snag in the Hoh Rainforest. These tiny birds have one of the most intricate and powerful songs in the forest—it’s always impressive to see them in full voice. 🌲🐦

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First Beach, Olympic National Park

First Beach, Olympic National Park

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Quillayute Needles, Second Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington The Pacific Northwest coast is fringed by reefs, shoals, and small islands or rock columns that run parallel to its shores, from the tide line of its sandy beaches and promontories, to miles offshore. Known as "sea stacks," they are the remains of headlands formed by the continued uplift of the coastline due to the collision of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. Following the last ice age, as sea levels rose faster than the land, tides and waves eroded the coast, pushing the shoreline east by several miles and leaving behind these remnants. A line of sea stacks, seen half a mile offshore from Second Beach on Washington’s mid-coast, rests on a marine terrace just below the high-tide level, which skirts and connects the bases of these stacks. On my first hike down to this beach 40 years ago, I looked out across a summertime sea, quiet in this season of calm waters. The gentle pulse of the waves reminded me that we’ve inherited the name of this body of water from explorer Ferdinand Magellan, whose ships entered Mar Pacifico (peaceful seas) in 1519 as they rounded the southern tip of South America, leaving behind the stormy Atlantic Ocean. Around these sea stacks, waves crash, and currents swirl sea foam into lacy tracery. Among their cliffs and atop their capstones, birds’ nest, drawn by their isolation and safety, where the stacks serve as a way station on their migrations. To the left in this photograph is a narrow, pointed column — a “needle” — from which these stacks derive their name. The Quileute people know the largest islet on the left as Dhuo-Yuat-Zach-Tah, meaning “Bird Rock.”

Quillayute Needles, Second Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

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Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

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Today is #ForestFriday. Heavy verdant forests lined this river coursing through Olympic National Park. I forget the name of the river but remember the long hike on a trail adjacent to it. #photography #landscape #ECK #rivers #creeks #Nikon #Z8 #olympicnationalpark #NationalParks #Washington

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

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Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

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Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

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Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

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A beautiful bubbling spring on a walking path through #HOHRAINFOREST in #OlympicNationalPark #nature #trees #NPS #NationalParks #Rainforest #travel #travelphotography #video #Stunday Description in ALT Text

James Island, Olympic National Park

James Island, Olympic National Park

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James Island, Olympic National Park

James Island, Olympic National Park

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Hiking Olympic National Park—diverse ecosystems show creation's variety. Protect it wisely. #OlympicNationalPark #Nature #Diversity #Stewardship #Exploration

ferns in the Hoh Rainforest. Not so much rain this spring, hoping for some to come this weekend during my workshop. The rain makes the colors pop! #PNW #washington #Olympicnationalpark #nature

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

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Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

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#PNW #WA #ONP #OlympicNationalPark

Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

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"Still Too Early," as in 'still too early in the year to drive down #ObstructionPoint Rd' from #HurricaneRidge in #OlympicNationalPark. Digital plein air.

#scenery #painting #landscape #pleinair #pleinairpainting #procreate #digitalsketch #digitalpainting #olympicpeninsula #pnw

Watching this bull elk move through the wetland pond was a highlight of the trip. The Hoh Rainforest never ceases to amaze.

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Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

Hurricane Ridge Parking Lot, Olympic National Park

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Soutwest view from Hurricane Visitor Center, Olympic National Park

Soutwest view from Hurricane Visitor Center, Olympic National Park

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Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park

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The interior of #OlympicNationalPark. #MtOlympus, the highest point in the park is just to the left of center on the skyline.
#HurricaneRidge is in the foreground. Photo taken from #KlahanieRidge
#MountainMonday

'Glory'
[ 8s ● f7.1 ● ISO 100 ● 40mm ]
📍 Union, Washington
📅 03.31.2026

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