Weathered Tree

A Stika spruce deformed by high coastal winds at Cape Flattery on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Northwestern-most point of the contiguous United States.

Seagull and Starfishh

A juvenile seagull prepares to swallow a starfish or sea star. It did swallow the whole thing ( I have pictures to prove it). Newport, Oregon.

Sea Palm in Surf

Sea palm, an erect, flexible, brown algae less than 2' high, in its natural habitat - attached to rock in heavy surf. Mendocino Headlands State Park, California. Early 1980's. Scanned from Kodachrome