From the distance, I could see rock formations lining the shore. As I got closer, I realized that these were sea stacks. These tall formations, capped by a few pine trees, stood stoically out in the middle of the bay, sentinels guarding the pristine beach through the hardiest of storms.

At one point, they wold have been connected to the mountainous coastline, but the erosive power of water would have slowly scoured these fingers of earth until all that remained were a few sea stacks. In a few hundred years, they will most likely crumble away as new ones form from the land slowly giving away to the powerful ocean.

For now, they remain out there in the hundreds and thousands, waiting for the day of their timely demise.

Olympic national Park

WA USA