The sun is setting here on the west coast of Washington state"s rugged Olympic Peninsula, where more than 3,000 square miles of marine waters are protected as part of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Wondering where exactly we are? Look at a map of the United States and draw your finger up the West Coast until it ends where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets the Pacific Ocean. Those final 135 miles of shoreline form the landward boundary of the sanctuary, which also extends seaward 25 to 50 miles.
A wild, craggy corner of the United States
Today in History
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Leaves of Grass
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World Elephant Day
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An Alpine fairy-tale castle
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International Roller Coaster Day
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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Racing toward history
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Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica
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Sitting down and taking a stand
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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Sedona, Arizona
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The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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Womens History Month
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Oktoberfest begins
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Beaver achievers
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Morocco in bloom
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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In the Supertree Grove
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In praise of the old…the very old
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US Election Day
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Tasmans Arch, Tasmania, Australia
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World Jellyfish Day
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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National Merry-Go-Round Day
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Mitsumata blossoms
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Christmas Eve
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An historic forest
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