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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Fiddlehead fern fronds
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Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
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Does this shark have an Irish accent?
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Casting a vote for women s history
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A festival of colors
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National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count
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Summer solstice
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The mighty, mighty mushroom
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National Mushroom Month
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Happy International Beaver Day!
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Cranborne Chase, England
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There was gold in them there hills…
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Colle Santa Lucia, Dolomites, Italy
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Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain
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Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe
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Great horned owl fledglings
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
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From the mind of Frank Gehry
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World Wildlife Day
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The snows of Fuji
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Denali National Park
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Ravens
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An island for the birds
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World Meteorological Day
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Oktoberfest begins
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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