The following three images are typical sunset on the rugged Oregon coast

Rainbows often appear

This rock beach is just north of Florence before the sand dunes start

Strawberry Hill is a small roadside stop with great tidepools. This view looks north from the point.

Some of the lava formations that make up the tide pools.
Cape Perpetua is in the distance

Ochre sea star can be found in abundance at low tide

Giant Green Anemone are easy to see, here with Coralline Algae

Both orange and purple Ochre Sea Stars

Seals are common at Strawberry Hill

Looking north from Strawberry Hill to Cape Perpetua jutting out into the ocean

Shot from the headlands of Cape Perpetua with a fogbank coming in

Devil's Churn is a deep cut in the lava below Cape Perpetua that demonstrates the violence and beauty of ocean waves

Thor's Well is a salt water sinkhole that at high tide puts on a great show. 

An evening sunset and waves breaking over the tidepools at Cape Perpetua

From Cape Perpetua looking north to Yachats

The Alsea Bay estuary at Waldport is a premier birding area.
This picture was taken at WB Nelsen Recreation Site outside Waldport

Seal Rock is a large formation between Waldport and Newport.
Often home to Cormorants and gulls and at times seals.

Sea stacks stretching out from Seal Rock

Yaquina Bay Bridge at Newport is one of the most distinctive arch bridges on the Oregon Coast

Yaquina Bay Bridge was designed by Conde McCullough and built in 1934. 

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