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
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
-
Celebrating sea otters
-
National Hug Day
-
Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
-
Wake up, it s Darwin Day
-
Hawai i Volcanoes National Park at 106
-
Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon
-
International Geodiversity Day
-
May the Fourth be with you…
-
Paradise, found
-
Astrotourism at its finest
-
Let s crack the code
-
Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
-
Napping away New Year s Day
-
Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
-
Cecropia leaf and lobster claw petals in Mexico
-
Pantaleu
-
Porthcawl Lighthouse, Wales, UK
-
The crossroads of empires
-
Goðafoss waterfall, Iceland
-
The smoke before the bonfire
-
A wheatear in Peak District National Park, England
-
Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
-
Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
-
A reflection of Europe s past
-
A day to celebrate the sun
-
Breaking the fast for Eid
-
Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
-
Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
-
Poinsettia Day
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

