Sea stacks of Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon, United States
© Grant Ordelheide/TANDEM Stills + Motio
Rock stars of Bandon. Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon, United States
Exit Highway 101, and Bandon, in Oregon, United States, greets visitors with salty air and the gentle clang of harbour bells. The town began as a small settlement in the 1850s and grew into a centre for timber and salmon fishing. Cranberries became a key crop and are still celebrated each September during the Cranberry Festival. Old Town reflects that past with boardwalk cafés and galleries, while the Coquille River Lighthouse stands restored at Bullards Beach as a reminder of the days when its beacon guided ships.
A short walk from the lighthouse leads to the beach where an evocative coastal landscape unfolds: Bandon's sea stacks, featured in today's image. Sculpted over millennia by waves, wind and the slow collapse of arches, these formations tell a geologic story. Face Rock resembles the tilted chin of a maiden from local legend. Nearby, Wizard's Hat rises like a pointed cap against the sky and Elephant Rock arches like a trunk reaching for the tide. Other notable shapes include Coquille Point, Table Rock and the Cat and Kittens stacks. Protected as part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, these stones shelter seabirds and reveal the patient force of ocean and time.
Related Images
Sand dunes with Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
Grey seal hitching over a beach in Donna Nook, North Lincolnshire, England
'I Can Hear It,' an installation by artist Ivars Drulle on the beach by the villages of Middelkerke and Westende, Belgium
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The Dune of Pilat in Arcachon Bay, southwest France
Abu Simbel temples on the west shore of Lake Nasser, Egypt
The Copper River Delta in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Asbury Park in New Jersey
Bing Today Images
