The sun is setting here on the west coast of Washington state"s rugged Olympic Peninsula, where more than 3,000 square miles of marine waters are protected as part of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Wondering where exactly we are? Look at a map of the United States and draw your finger up the West Coast until it ends where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets the Pacific Ocean. Those final 135 miles of shoreline form the landward boundary of the sanctuary, which also extends seaward 25 to 50 miles.
A wild, craggy corner of the United States
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Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
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Mercury in retrograde
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A day to celebrate the sun
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Bathing in the light of Pride
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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There’s a dog in there somewhere
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Happy World Photography Day!
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A winter wonderland in Northeast China
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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The Feathers at Frenchman Coulee near Vantage, Washington
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The tale of squirrels like Nutkin
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Burrowing owls
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Happy Lunar New Year!
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Mack Arch Rock
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Shark Awareness Day
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Whangārei Falls in New Zealand
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Dancing in The Nutcracker
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Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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In Texas, even the riverbend is big
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Mount Sopris, Colorado
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On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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World Book Day
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International Tiger Day
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Burns Night
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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Full moon
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National Take a Hike Day
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103