June: Oregon Coast
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You can see the two eyes of Elephant Rock in the formation at the top of the photo.
As the water flows back out during low tide, it makes these small, temporary "rivers" in the sand. This is the edge of one of those "rivers".
This lighthouse, officially the Coquille River Lighthouse, stands today as a reminder of a past era when safe shipping depended on a lightkeeper and his light. From within the stuccoed brick walls of the adjoining 47 foot tower was a fixed, fourth-order light which beaconed 28 seconds, eclipsed 2 seconds. The light guided boats safely across the shallow beach at the mouth of the Coquille River until 1939 when it was abanaded and replaced by an automatic light on the south jetty. In 1963, the Oregon state parks division leased the lighthouse and surrounding acreage from the Army Corps of Engineers for park purposes. Together, these two agencies restored the weatherworn and deterioraited lighthouse in 1978. Of the eight lighhouses remaining on the Oregon Coast, the Coquille River Lighthouse was the last constructed. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This is supposed to be the outline of a howling dog but from this angle it looks an awful lot like a rabbit.
This is supposed to be the outline of a howling dog but from this angle it looks an awful lot like a rabbit.
Not the best angle for seeing the howling dog.
Face Rock and The Kittens at Sunset
I still don't see kittens.
It looks like an owl to me.
Water was dripping off the rocks and making these craters in the sand. I bumped up the contrast and converted to B&W. It reminds me of moon photos.
