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
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Zion National Park turns 103
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Poinsettia Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Rainbow Mountain
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World Bicycle Day
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A notorious advocate for women
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A horse of many colors
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Women s History Month
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A memorial in Germany
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The lights of Paris
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Angkor, Cambodia
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Not your average sandcastle
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Cordouan Lighthouse, France
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Midnight sun
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World Olive Tree Day
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Christmas comes to New York City
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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
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