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  • The opening of the Hidden Forest Cave frames a stand of tall ponderosa pine trees in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
    Hidden-Forest-Cave_Oregon_2560.jpg
  • The setting sun seems to be balanced on one of the Sea Lion Rocks, a series of sea stacks off the northern Oregon coast. The rocks were formed by ancient lava flows, which have since been eroded by constant pounding from Pacific Ocean waves. These sea stacks are located near Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Sea-Lion-Rocks_Sunset_6821.jpg
  • The Three Sisters, a cluster of three volcanic peaks in central Oregon, are bathed in alpenglow as the full moon sets into the Belt of Venus just before sunrise in this aerial view. The three peaks are the third-, fourth- and fifth-highest peaks in Oregon. Of the three, the South Sister, visible on the left, is the tallest with an elevation of 10,385 feet (3,157 meters) and is also known as Charity. The Middle Sister, also known as Hope, is the shortest with an elevation of 10,047 feet (3,062 meters). The North Sister, also known as Faith, is slightly taller at 10,085 feet (3,074 meters). The Three Sisters are unusual in that the volcanic peaks are in a dense cluster; volcanoes in the Cascade Range are typically spaced out with 40 to 60 miles (60 to 100 kilometers) of distance between them. Of the three peaks, only the South Sister is likely to become active again. The last eruption was 50 B.C. The Three Sisters are part of the Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon's second-largest wilderness area.
    Three-Sisters_Full-Moon_Aerial_8811.jpg
  • The setting sun seems to be balanced on one of the Sea Lion Rocks, a series of sea stacks off the northern Oregon coast. The rocks were formed by ancient lava flows, which have since been eroded by constant pounding from Pacific Ocean waves. These sea stacks are located near Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Sea-Lion-Rocks_Sunset_6829.jpg
  • 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
  • The deep blue color of Crater Lake is visible in this early spring aerial view over Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, located in the caldera of what was once Oregon's Mount Mazama, is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world. Its deep blue color results from the clarity of the water. The water is so clear that sunlight travels deep into the lake, losing all but the blue wavelengths in the process. Crater Lake has a maximum depth of 1,946 feet (593 meters). Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder cone that rises about 755 feet (230 meters) above the lake, is visible at the bottom-center of the lake in this image.
    OR_CraterLake_Aerial_EarlySpring_882...jpg
  • A great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) looks out from its rocky perch in the Mormon Basin in Malheur County, Oregon. Great horned owls are also known as hoot owls and tiger owls, and are the most widely distributed owl in the Americas.
    Owl_Great-Horned_Malheur_Rocks_4355.jpg
  • At high tide, Pacific Ocean waves flow under a double lava arch on the coast at Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_DoubleArch_Yachats_2982.jpg
  • Several gulls rest on a sandbar off Chapman Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon, as the sun prepares to set over the Pacific Ocean.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Sunset_Gulls_4361.jpg
  • Seven gulls rest on a sandbar off Chapman Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon, as the sun prepares to set over the Pacific Ocean.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Sunset_Gulls_4286.jpg
  • Haystack Rock is bathed in golden evening light as Pacific Ocean waves crash ashore at Chapman Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack, the third largest in the world. It was formed about 15 million years ago from basalt lava flows emanating from the Blue Mountains and Columbia basin.
    OR_Cannon-Beach_Haystack-Rock_Evenin...jpg
  • Ponderosa pine trees (Pinus ponderosa) cast shadows on the floor of the Blue Mountain Forest, part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon.
    OR_Blue-Mountain-Forest_Shadows_8086.jpg
  • Two rock pigeons (Columbia livia) gather on the top of a rock outcropping in the Mormon Basin of Malheur County, Oregon.
    OR_Pigeons_Pinnacle_Malheur_4085.jpg
  • A band of altostratus clouds reflect the red color of sunset over the Mormon Basin in Malheur County, Oregon. Cow Valley Butte, a 5,405-foot (1647-meter) peak, is visible on the horizon on the left side of the image.
    OR_Mormon-Basin_Sunset_3997.jpg
  • A hint of golden sunrise color shines through the dark storm clouds hovering over Wizard Island and Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Crater Lake, the deepest fresh water lake in North America, is located in a caldera at the top of what was once Mount Mazama. A massive eruption around 5,700 B.C. caused the mountain to collapse. While the Wizard Island cone is long dormant, there is some hydrothermal activity at the bottom of Crater Lake, suggesting the mountain is still active.
    CraterLake_Stormy-Sunrise_6604.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of a pelican flying between crashing Pacific Ocean waves at Chapman Beach in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Pelican_Long-Exposu...jpg
  • A flock of pelicans flies through a passage at Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon, as the late evening sun bathes the sky and cliffs in golden light.
    OR_Chapman-Point_Golden-Sunset_4230.jpg
  • Gulls forage at the edge of the Pacific Ocean as Haystack Rock stands tall in the background in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack, the third largest in the world. It was formed about 15 million years ago from basalt lava flows emanating from the Blue Mountains and Columbia basin.
    OR_Cannon-Beach_Haystack-Rock_Gulls_...jpg
  • The trunk of a weathered ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) shows a variety of colors and textures in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend, Oregon.
    Pine-Ponderosa_Trunk_Texture_Deschut...jpg
  • Diffused golden light at sunrise colors the high desert landscape and rock outcroppings in the Mormon Basin of Malheur County, Oregon.
    OR_Mormon-Basin_Outcroppings_4014.jpg
  • The solar corona shines bright over the pinnacle of a butte in the Mormon Basin of Malheur County, Oregon, during the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. The corona is an extremely hot plasma aura — as much as 450 times the temperature of the sun's surface — that extends millions of miles out from the solar disk that we typically see. The sun's surface is far brighter than the corona, usually outshining it. During a total solar eclipse when the moon blocks the view of the main body of the sun, the corona becomes visible.
    Solar-Eclipse_Malheur_Butte_4026.jpg
  • Ecola Creek cuts through a sandy beach to reach the Pacific Ocean at Kramer Point in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Ecola-Creek_Cannon-Beach_Diagonal...jpg
  • The western face of Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon, is bathed in the golden light of the evening sun. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack, the third largest in the world. It was formed about 15 million years ago from basalt lava flows emanating from the Blue Mountains and Columbia basin.
    OR_Cannon-Beach_Haystack-Rock_Evenin...jpg
  • Water from Fall Creek flows onto the beach rocks at Hug Point at Arch Cape, Oregon. The waterfall, known as Hug Point Falls, can flow directly into the Pacific Ocean at high tide. Such waterfalls are known as tidefalls.
    OR_Hug-Point-Falls_Detail_0228.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.
    HaystackRock_Pastel-Sunrise_Cannon-B...jpg
  • A flock of gulls, primarily western gulls (Larus occidentalis), takes off from Kramer Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    Gulls_Western_Flock_Cannon-Beach_199...jpg
  • A flock of pelicans flies over Chapman Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon, as the sun prepares to set over the Pacific Ocean.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Pelicans_Sunset_418...jpg
  • Ponderosa pine trees (Pinus ponderosa) cast shadows on the floor of the Blue Mountain Forest, part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon.
    OR_Blue-Mountain-Forest_Shadows_8086...jpg
  • Steam fog seems to erupt from a small pool on an island within Sparks Lake in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend, Oregon. The island is covered with yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers in mid-summer. Broken Top Mountain rises in the back left of the image. Broken Top, which stands 9,177 feet (2,797 meters) tall, is a stratovolcano that last erupted about 100,000 years ago and has since been eroded by glaciers.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_Broken-Top_Wildflower...jpg
  • 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 large flock of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) rest and preen themselves among crashing Pacific Ocean waves in shallow water at Chapman Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Pelicans_Panorama_3...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of pelicans flying between crashing Pacific Ocean waves at Chapman Beach in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Pelicans_Long-Expos...jpg
  • The Crooked River winds around Smith Rock located near Redmond, Oregon. Several of the Cascade Mountains are visible on the horizon: from left to right, The Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson (in the gap at right).
    OR_SmithRock_Sunrise_4209.jpg
  • South Sister is reflected on the water of Sparks Lake on a foggy summer morning in Deschutes County, Oregon. South Sister, at 10,363 feet (3,159 meters) tall, is the tallest and youngest volcano in Oregon's Three Sisters group, last erupting about 2,000 years ago. Yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers bloom on a small island in Sparks Lake.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_South-Sister_Fog_3774.jpg
  • A layer of fog passes over Sparks Lake in Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. A small island in the lake is covered with yellow spear-leaf arnica (Arnica longifolia) flowers.
    OR_Sparks-Lake_Island_Arnica_Fog_382...jpg
  • A killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) sits on her nest on the rocks in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Killdeer, like other plovers, nest on the ground, such as this nest, built on a gravel bar along Mud Lake. When threatened, the killdeer tries to distract predators away from the nest, often by pretending it has a broken wing.
    KIlldeer_Nesting_Malheur_5630.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_4865.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5077.jpg
  • An Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis var. Oregonus) rests on a snow-covered rhododendron. While the birds are named after the state of Oregon, they're actually found along the Pacific Coast from California to southern Alaska. The Oregon junco is one type of dark-eyed junco.
    Junco_Oregon_Snow_8479.jpg
  • Lichen grows on the rough textured bark of an Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) tree growing in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Ash-Oregon_Bark_Lichen_Marymoor_9742.jpg
  • A male Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis simillimus) rests on a maple tree that's displaying its red fall color. Oregon juncos, a type of dark-eyed juncos, are a unique type of sparrow that nests on or near the ground.
    Junco_Oregon_FallColor_Lynnwood_5247.jpg
  • Colorful moss and lichen grow on the rough gray bark of an Oregon ash (Orthotrichum lyellii) tree in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Ash-Oregon_Bark_Rough_Marymoor_5338.jpg
  • An Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis), a Pacific Northwest variation of the dark-eyed junco, exhibiting leucism rests on a rhododendron branch. Leucism is a mutation that prevents melanin, a pigment, from being produced in parts of the bird's body. The condition is related to albinism where the animal is entirely unable to produce pigment.
    Junco_Oregon_Leucism_3219.jpg
  • A western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) takes flight from its perch in the Blue Mountain Forest, part of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon.
    Bluebird-Western_Blue-Mountains_Oreg...jpg
  • An Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis) feasts on a seed it found in a shrub in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Junco_Oregon_Feeding_0006.jpg
  • Bridal Veil Falls drops approximately 140 feet (42 metres) in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon.
    BridalVeilFalls_Oregon_0902.jpg
  • An Oregon junco (Junco hyemalis) rests on a rhododendron bud in Snohomish County, Washington. Juncos are a type of small sparrow.
    Junco_Oregon_RhododendronBud_5990.jpg
  • A waterfall commonly referred to as Hug Point Falls flows past a cave at Hug Point on the Oregon coast. At high tide, Hug Point Falls empties directly into the Pacific Ocean. Such waterfalls are called tide falls.
    OR_HugPoint_Waterfall_Cave_5611.jpg
  • This aerial view shows the rough terrain of the Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon. This was the last formidable mountain range that early settlers faced on the Oregon trail.
    BlueMountainsAerial.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
  • 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
  • The setting sun seems to be balanced on one of "nose" of one of the Sea Lion Rocks, a series of sea stacks off the northern Oregon coast. The rocks were formed by ancient lava flows, which have since been eroded by constant pounding from Pacific Ocean waves. These sea stacks are located near Ecola State Park, north of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    SeaLionRocksSunset.jpg
  • This aerial view of Oregon's Mount Hood illustrates how rapidly it rises from sea level to 11,249 feet (3,429 m). Hood is Oregon's tallest mountain. The USGS considers it a "potentially active" volcano, with as much as 7 percent chance it will erupt within the next 30 years.
    MountHood_Aerial.jpg
  • The early morning sun illuminates the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, which sits more than a mile off the Oregon coast between Cannon Beach and Seaside. The lighthouse was first used in 1881 and decommissioned in 1957. Because of the severe weather and difficult access, it was expensive to maintain. Most recently it has been used as a columbarium. The ashes of about 30 people are placed there.
    TillamookHeadLighthouse.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
  • The setting sun shines through the arch of Haystack Rock, located off Cape Kiwanda on the Oregon Coast near Pacific City, Oregon.
    HaystackKiwandaSunburst.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 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
  • The Little Blitzen Gorge is one of four massive gorges located on the west face of Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon. Steens Mountain is a roughly 30-mile (48-kilometer) long block mountain that rises a mile above the Alvord Desert. Massive internal pressure forced the ridge upward; glaciers carved dramatic gorges on the western face. Steens Mountain is the largest block-fault mountain in the Great Basin of Oregon and Nevada.
    OR_SteensMountain_LittleBlitzenGorge...jpg
  • The rising sun begins to illuminate the east face of Steens Mountain in southeast Oregon. Steens Mountain is a roughly 30-mile (48-kilometer) long block mountain that rises a mile above the Alvord Desert. Massive internal pressure forced the ridge upward; glaciers carved dramatic gorges on the western face. Steens Mountain is the largest block-fault mountain in the Great Basin of Oregon and Nevada.
    OR_SteensMountain_EastFace_Sunrise_3...jpg
  • The east face of Steens Mountain in southeast Oregon is turned golden at sunrise. Steens Mountain is a roughly 30-mile (48-kilometer) long block mountain that rises a mile above the Alvord Desert. Massive internal pressure forced the ridge upward; glaciers carved dramatic gorges on the western face. Steens Mountain is the largest block-fault mountain in the Great Basin of Oregon and Nevada.
    OR_SteensMountain_EastFace_Close_342...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves carved a narrow inlet into the rocky shoreline at Yachats, Oregon. The wave action is blurred by an 8 second exposure.
    OR_DoubleArch_Yachats_Twilight_4289.jpg
  • The Pacific Ocean reaches several hundred feet inland at Cooks Chasm, a narrow inlet near Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_CooksChasm_6578.jpg
  • Water from the Pacific Ocean drains through the skylight of a sea cave at Cape Perpetua near Yachats, Oregon. During the year's highest tides or in strong surf, ocean waves splash onto the rocks and make a 360-degree waterfall as the water drains into the hole.
    OR_CapePerpetua_Blowhole_Sunset_4254.jpg
  • A young girl looks at her own reflection while playing in a small tidal creek near Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast. Thick morning fog blocks the view of the base of Haystack Rock, one of the largest monoliths in the world. Haystack Rock, near Cannon Beach, Oregon, is made of remnants of ancient lava flows.
    HaystackRockChild.jpg
  • After several days of below-freezing temperatures, ice caps the rocks in Wahkeena Creek, located in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge.
    WahkeenaCreek_Frozen_4416.jpg
  • The rising sun clears the eastern caldera rim of Crater Lake, Oregon. Wizard Island, a dormant volcanic cone formed after the cataclysmic eruption of the ancient Mount Mazama, is visible in the foreground. Crater Lake, protected as a national park, is the deepest freshwater lake in North America.
    CraterLake_Sunrise_9990.jpg
  • Red rock lines a large volcanic crater, one of many in an area known as Diamond Craters in southeastern Oregon. The area contains dozens of basaltic lava flows, cinder cones, and maars ranging in age from 6,000 to 60,000 years old.
    OR_DiamondCraters_3438.jpg
  • 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
  • The Yaquina River flows past mossy trees and winter vegetation near the town of Chitwood, Oregon. The Yaquina River winds from the Coast Range mountains near Corvallis, Oregon to the Pacific Ocean near Newport.
    OR_YaquinaRiver_5656.jpg
  • Thick fog begins to form on the beach below Strawberry Hill, located on the Oregon coast south of Yachats.
    OR_StrawberryHill_Foggy_3063.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves spray high into the sky through a blowhole name Spouting Horn at Cape Perpetua, Oregon. Blowholes are essentially skylights in ocean caves. At high tide, water fills the cave and the pressure from incoming waves forces the water through the small opening and high into the sky.
    OR_SpoutingHorn_6269.jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm builds over the Pacific Ocean near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_GoldenRainstorm_1843.jpg
  • The Pacific Ocean reaches several hundred feet inland at Cooks Chasm, a narrow inlet near Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_CooksChasm_6570.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves flow into the remnants of a blowhole at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. Blowholes are essentially skylights in ocean caves. At high tide, water fills the cave and the pressure of the incoming waves forces water through the hole, high into the air. Over time, erosion has enlarged this hole so that water no longer jets out of it.
    OR_CapePerpetua_Blowhole_2963.jpg
  • The setting sun colors the sky above Haystack Rock, a prominent sea stack located off the coast of Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, Oregon.
    HaystackRockKiwandaSunset.jpg
  • 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
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash through an arch and into the Devil's Punchbowl, located on the Oregon coast near Newport. The Devil's Punchbowl, near Depoe Bay, is a natural formation, formed when the roof over two sea caves collapsed. Waves crash in the bowl during stormy weather at high tide.
    DevilsPunchbowl_stormy_3807.jpg
  • During one of the highest tides of the year, Pacific Ocean waves enter the Devil's Punchbowl, a collapsed sea cave located on the Oregon coast near Depoe Bay.
    DevilsPunchbowl_8305.jpg
  • 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
  • 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.
    ChapmanPointTwilight.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves created an arch in the sandstone cliffs of Cape Kiwanda, near Pacific City, Oregon. The crashing waves are blurred by a 15-second exposure.
    CapeKiwandaArch.jpg
  • An approaching storm lights up the sky above the sea stacks at Bandon By The Sea, located on the Oregon coast.
    BandonStormySkies.jpg
  • Several pelicans fly over crashing Pacific Ocean waves as they return to their evening roost at Chapman Point near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    OR_Chapman-Beach_Pelicans_Crashing-W...jpg
  • The Milky Way stretches across the sky over the Mormon Basin in Malheur County, Oregon. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our solar system and is comprised of as many as 400 billion stars and 100 billion planets. Its name comes from the appearance of a band of stars that from Earth are so close together that they cannot be distinguished as individual stars with the naked eye.
    Milky-Way_Malheur-County_3821.jpg
  • Strong Pacific Ocean waves pound the rock that is home to Tillamook Rock Lighthouse near Cannon Beach, Oregon. Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, also known as Tillamook Rock Light, operated from 1881 to 1957. It was the most expensive lighthouse in the United States to operate because of strong storms that hampered construction and signficantly damaged the lighthouse after it was completed. Sometimes called the Tillamook Head Lighthouse, it is now privately owned and is unofficially used as a columbarium.
    OR_TillamookRockLighthouse_Waves_645...jpg
  • Streaking patterns develop on the sandy beach at Bandon, Oregon as strong wind blows over rough patches.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9290.jpg
  • Streaking patterns develop on the sandy beach at Bandon, Oregon as strong wind blows over rough patches.
    Bandon_WindPatterns_9221.jpg
  • A heavy rain storm passes over the Pacific Ocean near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_OceanStorm_1816.jpg
  • An ocean storm and one of the highest tides of the year causes water to spray high out of Devils Churn, a very narrow inlet located south of Yachats, Oregon. Pacific Ocean waves eroded the very narrow channel in the basalt. During storms and the highest tides, water erupts out of the end of the inlet.
    OR_DevilsChurn_Wide_5955.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into Devils Churn, a narrow inlet located on the Oregon coast south of Yachats. Devils Churn is located in the Siuslaw National Forest and is the result of thousands of years of erosion on the basalt shoreline.
    OR_DevilsChurn_6089.jpg
  • A long exposure blurs the Pacific Ocean waves crashing into Devil's Cauldron located on the Oregon coast. Devil's Cauldron, a narrow inlet, is located near Short Sands Beach in Oswald West State Park.
    OR_DevilsCauldron_1808.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves flow into the remnants of a blowhole at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. Blowholes are essentially skylights in ocean caves. At high tide, water fills the cave and the pressure of the incoming waves forces water through the hole, high into the air. Over time, erosion has enlarged this hole so that water no longer jets out of it, though it does make a dramatic 360-degree waterfall.
    OR_CapePerpetua_Blowhole_6362.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves slam against the rugged coastline at Cape Perpetua near Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_CapePerpetua_6515.jpg
  • A large lenticular cloud hovers over Mount Hood, Oregon, at sunset in this view from Washington's Mount Adams. Also visible on the horizon are Mount Jefferson and the Sisters, which are located in Oregon. All these mountains are part of the Cascade range.
    Hood_Lenticular_0460.jpg
  • 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.
    ChapmanPointSunset.jpg
  • A rust-colored beach rock stands out from the others on Crescent Beach near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
    BeachRocksOrange.jpg
  • The full moon overs over the sea stacks at Bandon By The Sea on the southern Oregon Coast. The area's most famous sea stack, Face Rock, is visible on the horizon at the right side of the image. According to Indian legend, Face Rock is a tribe member who was turned to stone by an evil spirit who lives in the Pacific Ocean.
    BandonMoonDawn.jpg
  • Three shafts of sunlight illuminate Skylight Cave in the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Skylight Cave is a lava tube and light enters through three skylights. Two of the skylights are hornito skylights, formed where lava was ejected through the crust of a flow some distance from the source of the magma.
    Skylight-Cave_Three-Beams_2761.jpg
  • Light filters into a lava tube known as Skylight Cave in Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, revealing the texture of its walls.
    Skylight-Cave_Texture_2686.jpg
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