Despite being rather readily accessible, Ruby Beach is one of the most stunning seashores in a region profusely festooned with them: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. In just a few visits, this little swath of coastline has offered wondrous experiences for me, day and night, and in between, but especially around sunset. On this sublime evening, the chill of the marine boundary layer, tolerable in nearly calm wind, hosted a faint fog, subtly diffusing the sunset light around the most prominent sea stack, as a receding tide left a wide swath of wet and marvelously reflective sand behind shallow waves.
17 S Forks WA (19 Aug 16) Looking NW
47.7097, -124.4159Northwestern Reflections
Despite being rather readily accessible, Ruby Beach is one of the most stunning seashores in a region profusely festooned with them: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. In just a few visits, this little swath of coastline has offered wondrous experiences for me, day and night, and in between, but especially around sunset. On this sublime evening, the chill of the marine boundary layer, tolerable in nearly calm wind, hosted a faint fog, subtly diffusing the sunset light around the most prominent sea stack, as a receding tide left a wide swath of wet and marvelously reflective sand behind shallow waves.
17 S Forks WA (19 Aug 16) Looking NW
47.7097, -124.4159