Exploring the Earth and Sky of the West

Olympic National Park & Peninsula – Washington Landscape Photography

  • Panorama from top of Hole-in-the-Wall, Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park
    Panorama from Hole-in-the-Wall, Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park
  • Close-up of a Giant Green Anemone in Olympic National Park
    Giant Green Anemone, Olympic National Park
  • Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Salt Creek Low TIde
    Low tide at Salt Creek Recreation Area on the Olympic Peninsula.
  • Blood Star, Olympic Peninsula, Washington
  • Early morning fog, Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Former Elwah Dam site, Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Cedar stumps, former Lake Aldwell, Olympic National Park
  • Former Lake Aldwell, Olympic National Park
  • A ariety of marine life in a small rocky pool of water.
    A busy and crowded tidepool containing multi-colored aggregating anemones (Anthopleura elegantissima) in Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Two large bright green anemones on a rock
    Two giant green anemones in a tidepool in Olympic National Park, Washington.
  • White puffy clouds dot the sky over a long sandy beach
    Morning clouds over Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
  • Alternating bands of dark and light colored rock stretch to the horizon along the coastline.
    Tilted, layered sediments along the coast are planed off by wave action near Hole-in-the-Wall, Olympic National Park, Washington.
  • The Milky Way is just barely visible in the sky over the coastline
    The Milky Way was just barely visible due to the bright moon.
  • Orange and purple light is reflected in the calm waters of the ocean surface at sunset.
    Sunset light looking back toward the Chilean Memorial beach from one of the sea stacks out in the cove.
  • The gelatinous remains of a red and orange jellyfish sit on the beach next to rocks and seaweed
    A deceased (?) lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) washed up on the beach, one of many, many such jellies we found on our trip.
  • Small plants grow along a rocky coastline
    Cape Johnson, Olympic National Park, Washington. This is an example of a spot where you don’t want to get caught at high tide!
  • Several rocky islands sit in a bay with stars in the sky overhead.
    The stars of Scorpius hang above sea stacks along the coast in Olympic National Park.
  • A person sits on a log along the beach watching the moon rise over the coastline.
    The night sky is illuminated by the rising, nearly full moon.
  • Clouds and mist surround several large rocky islands sitting in a calm bay
    Mist surrounds the sea stacks as seen from Chilean Memorial Beach at sunset in Olympic National Park, Washington
  • A hiker with a large backpack navigates a pile of boulders along a coastline.
    Picking our way along the coast en route to Chilean Memorial.
  • Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, WA
  • A hole in a rock along the coastline is filled with large green anemones, while waves crash in the background.
    A tidepool filled with giant green anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) along the coast of Washington in Olympic National Park.
  • A hole in a rock along the coastline is filled with large green anemones, while waves crash in the background.
    A tidepool filled with giant green anemones (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) along the coast of Washington in Olympic National Park.