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  • Waves from Puget Sound splash around an empty shell on a beach in Burien, Washington. The force of the crashing waves erodes shells and rocks turning them into sand.
    EmptyShell_Waves_2641.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
  • At high tide, Pacific Ocean waves crash into the rocks of the Marin Headlands in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, California. Spray from the crashing waves is turned golden by the light of the setting sun.
    Marin-Headlands_Rodeo-Cove_Waves_541...jpg
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • During a high tide, Paciifc Ocean waves crash into a rock wall along a natural bridge at Second Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington.
    OlympicNP_Second-Beach_Waves-Crashin...jpg
  • A long exposure turns Pacific Ocean waves into impressionistic streaks as they crash into Venice Beach at sunset in Venice, California.
    Pacific-Ocean_Waves_Impressionistic_...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
  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash through an arch on the Dyrhólaey peninsula near Vík, Iceland. Dyrhólaey means "the hill island with the door-hole" and there are several arches in the peninsula, including one that is spectacularly large. The peninsula's basalt cliffs are as much as 120 meters (394 feet) tall.
    Iceland_Dyrholaey_Waves_Arch_2218.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
  • Large Pacific Ocean waves crash into the shoreline of Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington at sunrise. Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the state, is visible in the background.
    WA_DamonPoint_Waves_Rainier_8867.jpg
  • Choppy waves strike Ke`E Beach during a stormy sunrise on the north coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
    kauai-kee-waves.jpg
  • Large Pacific Ocean waves crash into the shoreline of Damon Point in Ocean Shores, Washington at sunrise. Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the state, is visible in the background.
    WA_DamonPoint_Waves_Rainier_8919.jpg
  • Several brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) fly by crashing Pacific Ocean waves near Sayulita, Mexico. Brown boobies are common in tropical and subtropical waters and have a wingspan of 57 inches (145 cm).
    BrownBoobies_waves_0858.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves roll and crash off the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California.
    PointReyes_Waves_9647.jpg
  • Waves from Puget Sound crash against driftwood stuck in a breakwater in Edmonds, Washington.
    Breakwater_Driftwood_Edmonds_0101.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
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of small Puget Sound waves near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...jpg
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of small Puget Sound waves near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...jpg
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of small Puget Sound waves near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...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
  • Strong Pacific Ocean waves crash into the rugged coastline at Pino Point in Pacific Grove, California.
    CA_PointPinos_StrongWave_1031.jpg
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into the rugged coast at Lawa'i Bay in southern Kauai.
    Kauai-Lawai-Bay.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
  • Several layers of Pacific Ocean waves are backlit by the setting sun near Manzanita, Oregon.
    OR_Manzanita_WaveLayers_6404.jpg
  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash into icebergs that have washed ashore at Breiðamerkursandur, a beach in southeast Iceland.
    Iceland_Icebergs_Beach_3889.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
  • A long camera exposure captures the movement of several small waves at twilight off Damon Point at Ocean Shores, Washington.
    WA_DamonPoint_TwilightWaves_5669.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into a narrow inlet in an old lava flow near Princeville on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
    kauai-inlet-princeville.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
  • A long camera exposure captures the movement of several small Pacific Ocean waves at twilight off Damon Point at Ocean Shores, Washington.
    WA_DamonPoint_TwilightWaves_5661.jpg
  • A mew gull (Larus canus) is dwarfed by a large Pacific Ocean wave off Westport, Washington, during a stormy king tide.
    Westport_King-Tide_Wave_Gull_1445.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
  • A long exposure captures the spray of Lake Washington waves crashing over a line of large rocks along the beach of Saint Edward State Park, Kenmore, Washington.
    WA_St-Edward_Beach-Rocks_Waves_6953.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
  • Atlantic Ocean waves crash into a narrow break in the rugged, granite shoreline of Acadia National Park, Maine. The ocean's waves are blurred by an extended exposure. Thunder Hole earns its name from stormy periods when waves slam into the tiny cove making a thunder-like sound.
    ThunderHoleAcadiaMaine.jpg
  • The Hōlei Pali Cliffs of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park tower 40 to 60 feet above the Pacific Ocean waves below. Full-size trees are visible at the top of this lava shelf. A long exposure captures the motion of storm clouds and of the Pacific Ocean waves slamming into the lava shelf on the Big Island of Hawai`i.
    HI_Volcanoes_Holei-Pali-Cliffs_9048.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Pacific Ocean waves crashing through the Hōlei Sea Arch in Volcanoes National Park, Hawai`i. The Hōlei Sea Arch is about 90 feet (27 meters) tall and quite young. The erosive force of the waves created the arch within the past 100 years. The lava cliff itself is only about 550 years old. Hōlei is the name for a small plant in the milkweed family.
    HI_Volcanoes_Holei-Sea-Arch_9022.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
  • 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 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
  • 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 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
  • Crashing Atlantic Ocean waves pound the Cape Canaveral National Seashore in Florida. The waves are blurred by an exposure of nearly one second. The beach is made up of eroded sea shells, giving it its distictive redish-gold color.
    CapeCanaveralWaves.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.
    HI_BlackSandBeach_Punaluu_8881.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
  • A herring gull (Larus argentatus) stands in wet sand on Venice Beach, California, waiting for Pacific Ocean waves to deliver more food.
    Venice-Beach_Gull_Wave_7298.jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately four times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...jpg
  • The golden light of the late day sun shines across the top of small waves on Puget Sound as viewed from Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Lake Washington waves as they crash into pieces of driftwood on Juanita Beach in Kirkland, Washington.
    Driftwood_Juanita-Beach_6683.jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately five times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...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 golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of numerous small Puget Sound waves off of the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Glint_CloseUp_09...jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately five times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately five times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately four times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...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 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
  • 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
  • An extreme macro view (approximately three times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately three times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...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 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
  • A ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) creates waves as it lands at high speed on one of the Promontory Ponds in Magnuson Park, Seattle, Washington.
    Duck_Ring-Necked_Landing_Magnuson-Pa...jpg
  • Waves from Lake Washington crash into pieces of driftwood along the undeveloped shoreline of Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore, Washington.
    WA_St-Edward_Driftwood_6736.jpg
  • The sun may be going down, but this surfer is headed out to ride the waves near Santa Cruz, California. Another surfer is visible behind his left shoulder.
    SurferSilhouette.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
  • Dozens of brown pelicans preen themselves and rest as huge Pacific Ocean waves crash into their rocky bluff at Pescadero Beach, California.
    BrownPelicansPescadero.jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately three times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...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
  • The golden light of the late day sun shines across the top of small waves on Puget Sound as viewed from Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset_1310.jpg
  • The golden light of the late day sun shines across the top of small waves on Puget Sound as viewed from Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...jpg
  • The golden light of the late day sun shines across the top of small waves on Puget Sound as viewed from Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Ripples_Sunset-Contrast_...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
  • 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
  • Pacific Ocean waves slam against the rugged coastline at Cape Perpetua near Yachats, Oregon.
    OR_CapePerpetua_6515.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
  • The golden light of the late-day sun streaks across the tops of numerous small Puget Sound waves off Edmonds, Washington.
    Puget-Sound_Golden-Light_Edmonds_711...jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately three times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...jpg
  • An extreme macro view (approximately three times life-size) renders the anther of a wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) as abstract waves of yellow.
    Daffodil-Wild_Yellow_Macro_Abstract_...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves pound the rugged coast at the Catlins Heads near Owaka, New Zealand.
    NZ_CatlinsHeads_8439.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
  • The remnants of two large trunks from a fallen tree reach into Puget Sound, not far from Pigeon Creek, Everett, Washington. An 8-second exposure blurs the motion of the Puget Sound waves.
    WA_Logs_Puget-Sound_Beach_Everett_71...jpg
  • Bright molten lava flows into the Pacific Ocean at twilight at Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. The hot lava vaporizes the crashing waves, which reflect the lava's glow. The lava arrived at the ocean through an underground lava tube connected to the Pu'u O'o vent.
    LavaPacificOcean.jpg
  • The golden glint cast by the setting sun stretches across a small wave on Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washingotn, waterfront.
    Puget-Sound_Glint_Wave_1920.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
  • Atlantic Ocean waves flow into a sea cave in a basalt cliff near Hellnar on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland.
    Iceland_Hellnar_Sea-Cave_9271.jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash up against the rocky shoreline on a beach in Sayulita, Mexico.
    Sayulita_RockyShore_0049.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
  • 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
  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into a narrow, rocky inlet at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove, California.
    CA_PacificGrove_LoversPointSunset_09...jpg
  • Pacific Ocean waves flow over the golden sand at Napili Beach, located on the west side of the Hawaiian island of Maui.
    maui-napili.jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of Pacific Ocean waves as they reach up onto Second Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington. The sunrise, filtered by clouds, colors the sky with a pastel hue.
    OlympicNP_Second-Beach_Pastel-Sunris...jpg
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