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Twin Rock, Rockaway Beach, OR.
Just like its big cousin, Key Hole at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, CA, the hole in one of the Twin Rocks at Rockaway Beach aligns with the sun at sunset on rare occasions. When it happens, golden rays of the sun pour out of this unique opening and when the sun is aligned, you can capture sunbursts or even the setting sun. The key hole has an Azimuth of about -259 deg. This means that in order to capture the sun through this hole, the sunset needs to happen at about 11 degrees south of west. At Rockaway Beach, this happens only twice a year; once around the third week of February and again around the third week of October. But the northern Oregon coast is mostly cloudy and stormy during these times. No wonder then, there are not very many pictures of this phenomenon from this spot! Last weekend, when we visited this beach, the sky was very clear and there was only one other photographer with a tripod. Please refer to my previous pictures from this series. I will be publishing a few more pictures from this shoot until the light was gone. This picture was taken right after the previous one, when the sun was hidden by the top left corner of the rock. The shafts of light was intense.
I liked the way shafts of sunlight were pouring out of the hole in the rock. I did not notice the inverted heart shape of the hole at that time; it was blindingly bright. Even after using live view on the camera most of the time, I was blacking out.
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Non-"accessible" access to Cobble Beach at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area near Newport, Oregon; 4:49pm
Dungeness Lighthouse, Sequim WA
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Tube rider barrels toward an intrepid young fir in center section of long, mostly-west-facing mural above Agate Beach, popular with local surfers
Location: Roby's Furniture & Appliance, 5111 N Coast Hwy (US 101); 4:04pm
— south end of same mural here.
Nice to see it still vibrant and not gentrified. Kodak Medalist II ,Ektar f/ 3.5 100mm , CineStill 400D
— part of a complex viewpoint and stair structure near 153-year-old Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Location: top of cliff above Cobble Beach at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area near Newport, Oregon; 4:57pm
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A shot from the group of 100 I recently purchased. Taken in Sep 1973 and the note on the back says, "Northern Calif Coast, US101".
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This is actually a tourist site, but don't get me wrong, the sea lions and the cave are real and natural. In fact, there is a large population of seals and sea lions along the West Coast from Washington all the way down to California. Sea lions are quite lazy, so they tend to stay in caves such as this. If you can reach to other caves, you will most likely find them there.
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Moolack Beach, 4 miles (6 km) north of Newport, is 5 miles in length - Oregon coast (U.S. Route 101).
I finally took the time to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. It's loud, windy, cold, and totally worth it. It's very difficult to not take a photo that hasn't been taken by everyone else but that didn't stop me from trying. I leaned over the edge (a little) placed the camera between 4 suspension cables and shot straight up.
Photo captured from the Humboldt Lagoon State Park Visitor Center at Stone Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Late August 2013.
You can see US Highway 101 between the beach and the mountain behind the parked row of campers. If you look closely you can see a few people by the rocks.
Piers End, Oregon Coast, OR
When we got to this spot, the light was well past the blue hour. With only a few stray lights from the nearby street illuminating the pier, it was barely visible in the dark. I was actually surprised when the camera’s auto-focus system beeped, indicating it had locked in the focus. I quickly changed the AF to manual to fix the focus, and shot a few frames. A long exposure time smoothed the ripples on the water. I love the simplicity of this picture.
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Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is a few miles up US 101, north of Newport on the Oregon coast. Cold and very windy up there today.
Within the Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington State, the North Head Lighthouse is a half-mile short hike from the parking lot. Personally, I would say it is one of the most beautiful lighthouses in Washington State. There is another lighthouse, Cape Disappointment Lighthouse near the coast guard base on the columbia river, which is only about two miles away, but it doesn't stand a chance in front of this one. After all, this is the one overwatching the mighty Pacific Ocean.
Cape Disappointment was actually the west end of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When they traveled down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, the weather was constantly bad, quite a Pacific Northwest weather. Perhaps they were expecting a sunny day which they could spend on a beach. Sorry guys, this is California... :)