A tall sea stack topped by a single small tree, silhouetted against a sunset sky of peach and gold clouds, with surf washing around its base on Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park.

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Rialto Beach • Olympic National Park

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Sunset light glowing on low clouds blowing through Kalalau Valley, with the green ridges of the Na Pali coast and a view down to the ocean.

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It was my first time at Rialto, and the clouds looked promising enough that we spent the evening walking the beach. I spent most of it hurrying from one composition to the next, and with the tide coming in I got soaked more than once. The color kept building the longer we stayed.

Latitude: 47°55′ N
Temperature: 55 °F / 13 °C
Season: Spring