Elusive in my earlier trips to the Washington and Oregon coasts, a suitably broken stratus deck (with no overlying clouds) finally timed just right to yield a scene I long desired to see and photograph: crepuscular-spotlit ocean waters from a lofty vantage point. The cliffs above Ruby Beach offered just such a view. The different shapes of the sunlight-permitting cloud holes—linear or slit-like in the background, patchy nearby—resulted for just a fleeting moment in a splendidly symmetric progression of light and shadow, from near to far, across the proximal Pacific. Because of limited opportunity, I was nearly as excited about this catch as with some supercells on the Great Plains.
17 S Forks WA (21 Aug 16) Looking W
47.7076, -124.4146Spotlit Ocean
Elusive in my earlier trips to the Washington and Oregon coasts, a suitably broken stratus deck (with no overlying clouds) finally timed just right to yield a scene I long desired to see and photograph: crepuscular-spotlit ocean waters from a lofty vantage point. The cliffs above Ruby Beach offered just such a view. The different shapes of the sunlight-permitting cloud holes—linear or slit-like in the background, patchy nearby—resulted for just a fleeting moment in a splendidly symmetric progression of light and shadow, from near to far, across the proximal Pacific. Because of limited opportunity, I was nearly as excited about this catch as with some supercells on the Great Plains.
17 S Forks WA (21 Aug 16) Looking W
47.7076, -124.4146