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"Revelations" - Wild storm light and a preternaturally calm Pacific at the broken edge of the American continent; seeming herald to the end of days. west from Toleak, Washington Islands Wilderness & Olympic National Park
"Nemah River Reflects" - A silky, languid pool reveals the quiet, watery beauty of southwest Washington State. Middle Nemah River near Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
"Tidewater Sunset" - Round Island anchors earth to ocean, as a summer sunset comes alive over the bay. Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
"Seastar Partners" - Colorful echinoderms provide a focal point for the eye as it wanders the watery depths and leisurely distances of a receding coastline. Washington Islands Wilderness & Olympic National Park
"The Way" - Wind-blown by the gales of November; beckoning along the only path.... Haystack & Needles, Cannon Beach - Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
"Equinox Evening" - Due west down the long arm of the Strait; unsettled cirrus and a fiery sunset punctuate another first day of spring. Ebeys Landing National Historic Reserve - Whidbey Island
"A Light in the Forest" - A moss-lavished spruce rainforest on a luminous spring morning. Ecola State Park - near Cannon Beach, Oregon
"Spring Jade, Bowerman Basin" - Just beyond tide's reach, moss-and-lichen splotched alders stand firm amidst a swirl of spring sedge and salmonberry green. Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
"Flood Tide, Yellow Banks" - Breaking wave echoed in curve of cloud; the vibrant sea stars ride out yet another turn of the tumbling tide. Washington Islands Wilderness & Olympic National Park
"" - . Salt Creek Recreation Area, Strait of Juan de Fuca
"Harbor Lights" - A massive oil tanker seems somehow less ominous anchored for the evening against a gentle spring sunset. Port Angeles harbor; Strait of Juan de Fuca
"Day's End, Cape Alava" - Seastacks and sunset form a classically calm triumverate on the outer coast. Washington Islands Wilderness & Ozette Indian Reservation