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  • 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
  • The bark of an Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree peels in Snohomish County, Washington. Its bark peels in thin strips or flakes to reveal younger bark. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    Madrone-Pacific_Peeling-Bark_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • The bark of an Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree peels in Snohomish County, Washington. Its bark peels in thin strips or flakes to reveal younger bark. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    Madrone-Pacific_Peeling-Bark_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • The bark of an Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree peels in Snohomish County, Washington. Its bark peels in thin strips or flakes to reveal younger bark. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    Madrone-Pacific_Peeling-Bark_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • The bark of an Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree peels in Snohomish County, Washington. Its bark peels in thin strips or flakes to reveal younger bark. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    Madrone-Pacific_Peeling-Bark_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • The bark of an Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree peels in Snohomish County, Washington. Its bark peels in thin strips or flakes to reveal younger bark. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    Madrone-Pacific_Peeling-Bark_Lynnwoo...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • Three brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in their nonbreeding plumage hunt along the rugged Pacific Coast near La Push in Olympic National Park, Washington.
    Pelicans-Brown_OlympicNP_First-Beach...jpg
  • The paper-like red bark peels from a Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) tree near Port Townsend, Washington. Pacific Madrones are part of the arbutus genus. Pacific Madrones are found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast mountains.
    PacificMadrone_PeelingBark_PortTowns...jpg
  • As a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) with an extended throat pouch works on swallowing its catch, another pelican dives into the Pacific Ocean to try to catch fish in the Pacific Ocean off First Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. Pelicans feed mainly on fish they find at or near the surface. They can dive from heights of 50 feet (15 meters) or more, filling their throat pouches once they hit the water. They then strain out the water and swallow any food that was caught.
    Pelicans-Brown_OlympicNP_Feeding_770...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into rocks along the California Coast in Marin County, north of Muir Beach.
    CA_Pacific-Coast_Marin-County_5526.jpg
  • A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in nonbreeding plumage hunts by diving head-first into the water of the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park near La Push, Washington. Pelicans feed mainly on fish they find at or near the surface. They can dive from heights of 50 feet (15 meters) or more, filling their throat pouches once they hit the water. They then strain out the water and swallow any food that was caught.
    Pelican-Brown_Diving_OlympicNP_7798.jpg
  • A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in nonbreeding plumage hunts by diving head-first into the water of the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park near La Push, Washington. Pelicans feed mainly on fish they find at or near the surface. They can dive from heights of 50 feet (15 meters) or more, filling their throat pouches once they hit the water. They then strain out the water and swallow any food that was caught.
    Pelican-Brown_OlympicNP_Diving_6501.jpg
  • Three brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in their nonbreeding plumage hunt for fish in the water of the Pacific Ocean against a backdrop of rugged sea stacks in this view from First Beach in Olympic National Park near La Push, Washington.
    Pelicans-Brown_OlympicNP_First-Beach...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
  • A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in nonbreeding plumage hunts by diving head-first into the water of the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park near La Push, Washington. Pelicans feed mainly on fish they find at or near the surface. They can dive from heights of 50 feet (15 meters) or more, filling their throat pouches once they hit the water. They then strain out the water and swallow any food that was caught.
    Pelican-Brown_OlympicNP_Diving_6943.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
  • Dozens of narrow canyons meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kaua`i, Hawai`i.
    NaPali_Coast_8233.jpg
  • The setting sun reddens low-level clouds, creating a fiery sunset over Pacific Ocean waves as they crash into Venice Beach in California.
    Pacific-Ocean_Fiery-Sunset_Venice_77...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
  • 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
  • Pacific Goose Barnacles (Mitella polymerus) cling to the walls of a natural sea tunnel at Devil's Punchbowl on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_DevilsPunchbowl_Barnacles_Tunnel_...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of large Pacific Ocean waves crashing off the coast of Westport, Washington, during a king tide.
    Westport_King-Tide_Waves_Long-Exposu...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.
    PacificOcean_Beams_5619.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
  • 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 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
  • Several coconut palm trees (Cocos nucifera) reach into the sky over the Pacific Ocean on the western coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui.
    Maui_PalmTrees_Wailea_F0145.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into a narrow, rocky inlet at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, California.
    CA_PacificGrove_LoversPointSunset_09...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
  • Dozens of narrow canyons meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
    NaPaliAerial1.jpg
  • Short Sands Creek winds through a forest just before it reaches the Pacific Ocean in Oswald West State Park on the Oregon Coast.
    OregonCoast_ShortSandsCreek_1252.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
  • 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
  • Short Sands Creek winds through a forest just before it reaches the Pacific Ocean in Oswald West State Park on the Oregon Coast.
    OregonCoast_ShortSandsCreek_BlackAnd...jpg
  • The sun shines through a break in the clouds over the Pacific Ocean just before it sets in this view from the western coast of Maui, Hawai`i.
    Maui_SunsetOverOcean_8179.jpg
  • A waterfall commonly referred to as Hug Point Falls is reflected on the wet sand 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_Reflection_121...jpg
  • A Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) dives for food into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Brown Pelicans hunt in a unique way. They fly over bodies of water, spotting fish from as far as 50 feet (15 meters) away. Once they spot a fish, they dive, plunging into the water head first and scooping up the fish and the water around it in its large pouch. It quickly strains the water from the side of its bill and swallows the fish.
    Pelican_Brown_Mexico_Diving_3676.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.
    Gulls_Western_DivingIntoOcean_Chapma...jpg
  • A heavy rainstorm builds over the Pacific Ocean near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_GoldenRainstorm_1843.jpg
  • At high tide, Pacific Ocean waves flow under a double lava arch on the coast at Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_DoubleArch_Yachats_2982.jpg
  • Crashing Pacific Ocean waves are visible through the Devils Punch Bowl Arch on the central Oregon coast. Devils Punch Bowl is a large, natural bowl in the bluff along the coast and is believed to be the remnant of two collapsed sea caves.
    OR_DevilsPunchBowl_Arch_0175.jpg
  • Crashing Pacific Ocean waves are visible through the Devils Punch Bowl Arch on the central Oregon coast. Devils Punch Bowl is a large, natural bowl in the bluff along the coast and is believed to be the remnant of two collapsed sea caves.
    OR_DevilsPunchBowl_Arch_0140.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 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
  • At high tide, Pacific Ocean waves flow under a double lava arch on the coast at Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_DoubleArch_Yachats_2999.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
  • The Pacific Ocean reaches several hundred feet inland at Cooks Chasm, a narrow inlet near Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_CooksChasm_6578.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 crash through a sea arch at the entrance to the Devil's Punchbowl, located on the Oregon coast near Depoe Bay.
    DevilsPunchbowl_arch_3820.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
  • 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
  • A heavy rain storm passes over the Pacific Ocean near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_OceanStorm_1816.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves slam against the rugged coastline at Cape Perpetua near Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_CapePerpetua_6515.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
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash up through Devils Churn, a narrow inlet on the Oregon coast near Yachats. Thousands of years of erosion carved an inlet that stretches for several hundred yards inland.
    OR_DevilsChurn_6122.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
  • A tall sea stack, one of my rock formations on the Oregon coast at Bandon By The Sea, is framed by the opening to a sea cave.
    Bandon_SeaStack_Cave_7739.jpg
  • A western gull (Larus occidentalis) rests on one of the sea stacks at Hug Point on the Oregon coast.
    OR_HugPoint_Seastack_Gull_0927.jpg
  • Storm clouds, including cumulus congestus, form over Castle Rock in this view from Hug Point on the northern Oregon coast. Within an hour, these storm clouds produced heavy rain.
    OR_CastleRock_StormCloud_1248.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
  • A colorful fall sunset lights up the sky above two large sea stacks on the North California Coast near Klamath.
    CA_Klamath_SeaStacks_0620.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
  • A power boat races between narrow canyons that meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
    NaPaliAerial2.jpg
  • A Hutton's vireo (Vireo huttoni) looks out from its perch in a big leaf maple tree in Snohomish County, Washington. The Hutton's vireo is found along the Pacific coast and the mountains of southeastern Arizona into central Mexico. The birds feed on insects found relatively high in trees.
    Vireo-Huttons_Perched_Lynnwood_1689.jpg
  • Bright sunlight from over the Pacific Ocean shines into a dark, narrow sea cave that is part of the Devil's Punchbowl on the central Oregon coast. The force of repeated Pacific Ocean waves carved this path through the hard volcanic rock. The Devil's Punchbowl itself is the remnant of a large sea cave that collapsed, leaving an outer shell that is connected to the Pacific Ocean by two sea arches.
    OR_DevilsPunchbowl_Tunnel_0188.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
  • 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.
    Kauai_Ke'E-Beach_Sunset_7918.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of large Pacific Ocean waves crashing off the coast of Westport, Washington, during a king tide.
    Westport_King-Tide_Waves_Long-Exposu...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
  • 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 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.
    Kauai_Ke'E-Beach_Sunset_7912.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves shoot 50 feet into the air through a tiny hole in a lava shelf off on the Kauai coast known as the Spouting Horn blowhole. It sounds like a whale breathing, but Hawaiian legend says the sound is actually the "lizard woman" moaning. She would attack anyone who got too close. One day she chased a fisherman into a lava tube. He escaped; she's still stuck.
    SpoutingHorn.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
  • A long exposure blurs the Pacific Ocean waves that pound Face Rock, located in Bandon By The Sea, Oregon. According to Native American legend, Face Rock was a beautiful Indian princess who was turned to stone by the evil sprit that lives inhabits the ocean.
    FaceRockSilhouetteSunset.jpg
  • Large Pacific Ocean waves crash off the coast of Westport, Washington, during a king tide, revealing abstract patterns.
    Westport_King-Tide_Waves_Texture_158...jpg
  • 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
  • A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaches in the Pacific Ocean off the northwestern coast of Maui, Hawai`i. Humpback whales, which can weigh 80,000 pounds (36,000 kilograms) and be more than 50 feet (16 meters) long, are acrobatic whales, known for breaching and slapping the water with their tails and pectorals. Their diet consists mostly of krill and small fish.
    Whale_Humpback_Breaching_Maui_1150.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
  • Pacific Ocean waves pound the rocky shoreline along the Wild Pacific Trail near Ucluelet, Vancouver Island.
    Ucluelet_RockyShore_5164.jpg
  • Otter Crest (right) and Cape Foulweather are shrouded in fog as gulls search for food at the edge of the Pacific Ocean on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_OtterCrest_Foggy_0020.jpg
  • 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).
    OR_Ecola_IndianBeach_Sunrise_0895.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
  • Pacific Ocean waves spray high into the sky after slamming into a sea stack off the coast at Second Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington.
    OlympicNP_Second-Beach_Waves-Crashin...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash over the sea palms (Postelsia palmaeformis) growing on the rocky shore at Cape Perpetua, Oregon. The sea palm spends most of its life exposed to air and is one of the few algae that survives and remains erect out of water. It is found along the western coast of North America on rocky shores that are pounded constantly by waves.
    SeaPalms_CapePerpetua_2892.jpg
  • McWay Falls, located in the Big Sur region of the California coast, empties directly into the Pacific Ocean at sunset. Such waterfalls are known as tidefalls.
    McWayFallsGoldenSunset.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 long exposure captures the motion of Pacific Ocean waves crashing against the rocky shore at Point Piedras Blancas in San Simeon, California.
    CA_Piedras-Blancas_Golden-Sunrise_56...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash around driftwood that has washed ashore on Second Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington, as the clouds above are colored by the rising sun.
    OlympicNP_Second-Beach_Driftwood_Sun...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash around driftwood that has washed ashore on Second Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington, as the clouds above are colored by the rising sun.
    OlympicNP_Second-Beach_Driftwood_Sun...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash up and over the side of a narrow inlet, leading to a sea cave at Cape Kiwanda on the central Oregon coast.
    OR_CapeKiwanda_Inlet_0286.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into and erode the rugged coastline at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California.
    PointReyes_RuggedCoastline_9689.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 80-foot-tall McWay Falls, surging after several days of heavy rain, is colored by the setting sun as rain clouds continue to hang overhead. McWay Falls is one of the few waterfalls that empty directly into the Pacific Ocean. Such waterfalls are called tide falls. McWay Falls is located in the Big Sur region of California, south of Monterey.
    McWay-Falls_Stormy-Sunset_8197.jpg
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