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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All is silent for Big Ben’s musical milestone
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Goats don t grow on trees
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Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Lake Magadi, Kenya
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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National Fossil Day
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Hang Sơn Đoòng Cave, Vietnam
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Flowers by the sea
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Evening over Göreme, Cappadocia, Türkiye
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Endangered Species Day
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Where the wildflowers grow
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International Literacy Day
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Colorful boats in Marsaxlokk Harbor, Malta
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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Rethymno, Crete, Greece
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
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Carnival comes to Olinda
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The Elbe in Dresden, Germany
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International Rock Day
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Village of Labro, Italy
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Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
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