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Kalaloch Beach, WA
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My favorite waterfall on the Olympic Peninsula.
And a spot we’ll visit on the Olympic Peninsula Tour in October. Check the link in my bio for more info about this 4 day event with @HikeOlympic
where I’ll teach you all about shooting waterfalls like this 😊
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The landscape of Olympic National Park toured by the More Than Just Parks project.
MTJP | OLYMPIC is a visually stunning journey through Olympic National Park. This video is the culmination of a month spent backpacking through Olympic National Park. We chose Olympic as our first of the More Than Just Parks short films due to its incredible diversity. It is unlike any park on the planet offering glacial mountain peaks, old-growth rainforests, and over seventy miles of wilderness coast - all within a day's drive. This film was shot entirely in 4K.
To learn more about the More Than Just Parks Project please visit our website: morethanjustparks.com To learn more about the making of this video please visit: morethanjustparks.com/olympic
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'Travelogue, made for theatrical showing and commissioned by Chevrolet, promoting tourism by car in several Natural Parks, including... Olympic National Park in Washington...'
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Watch in slow motion as the salmon jump the natural barrier of the Salmon Cascades waterfall on the Solduc River in Washington State.These are the wild summer coho of the Sol Duc River that spawn exclusively in Olympic National Park and are spatially and temporally segregated from the fall-run. Very important population to ONP. I will forever have a great reverence and respect for the power of nature.
Don’t miss that this is 360 degree video and you can pivot around in this clip. Original caption;
Silence just might be on the verge of extinction and acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton believes that even the most remote corners of the globe are impacted by noise pollution. In “Sanctuaries of Silence,” join Hempton on an immersive listening journey into Olympic National Park, one of the quietest places in North America.
Directed by: Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Adam Loften
alexspaethAfter a day full of driving through pouring rain, this view the next morning was just what I needed. And now I can watch it forever
Sea Stack Sunset
This photo shows a sunset off the coast of the state of Washington from Olympic National Park.
The rocks before you are known as Sea Stacks. They are created by the interaction between two geologic forces; erosion and tectonics.
The rocks of the Pacific Northwest are being gradually pushed upwards due to subduction. A small piece of oceanic crust known as the Juan de Fuca plate (a small fragment of the ancient Farallon plate) is being subducted offshore. As this plate is pushed down into the mantle, it is pushing back against the rocks of the North American continent, stressing and bending some of the rocks near the shoreline.
The sea stacks are composed of sediments that were once deposited offshore. The rocks are conglomerates and sandstones, many of which were actually turbidites. The rocks were deposited offshore in landslides; giant avalanches beneath the waters carrying rocks from the shore out to sea.
The offshore rocks are being pushed upwards by the stresses of subduction. Eventually some of them reach sea level and beyond. Once they cross sea level, they are exposed to the eroding power of the ocean waves. The waves gradually eat away at the rocks, but places that are strong and resistant to erosion continue to stand tall. Combined with large changes in sea level over the past million years (giving these rocks a break from erosion when the waves retreat), erosion and tectonics have worked to create these features. Today they are occupied by a variety of birds and plants as well.
-JBB
Image credit: US Dept. of the Interior http://instagram.com/p/i9wv3bgu9t/
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Salmon jumping upstream at Sol Duc falls, Olympic National Park
Hoh Rain Forest, July 31, 2017, Olympic National Park
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Geology fun day on the Olympic Peninsula.