A couple walking along Ruby Beach provides a sense of scale. The clouds and the stony beach augment the harsh beauty of the rugged coast.
Posts Tagged: Sea Stacks
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Dec 14
Olympic Peninsula–Ruby Beach 2
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Dec 14
Olympic Peninsula–Ruby Beach
Ruby Beach is located on the southwest coast of the Olympic Peninsula. Great piles of driftwood cover the stony beach. A number of sea stacks are close to the shore. The beach is named for the fragments of ruby gemstones found in the coarse sand there.
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Mar 13
Road Trip–Coastal Grasses
Sand dunes and grasses along a beach north of Neskowin in Tillamook County, Oregon. September, 18, 2012.
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Jan 13
Road Trip–Harris Beach
An eroded sea stack at Harris Beach near Brookings, Oregon. Oregon maintains an excellent assortment of state parks and campgrounds. Harris Beach Campground offers many amenities including an early evening ice and ice cream truck that makes the rounds through the campsites.
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Jan 13
Road Trip–Pistol River Beach
The Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint is 11 miles south of Gold Beach along highway 101 in Oregon. The river is named for a pistol lost in the river during the Rogue River Wars in 1853.
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Jan 13
Road Trip–Flowers on Whalehead Beach
A lei of flowers washed up on Whalehead Beach. There were no footprints. Was it from a wedding? Debris from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami? An unsolved mystery.
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Jan 13
Road Trip–Whalehead Point
A view looking south from Whalehead Point along the Oregon coast.
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Jan 13
Road Trip–Lone Ranch Beach
Lone Beach Ranch is just south of Cape Ferrelo and north of Brookings, Oregon. The offshore rock piles are called Sea Stacks.