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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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Black History Month
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Hut, hut, hike!
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Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
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Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Spain
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Spotted eagle rays in the Galápagos Islands
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International Polar Bear Day
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National Moon Day
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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Porto Cathedral, Portugal
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Happy Welsh New Year!
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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A hermitage with a view
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Feeling lazy? Today s your day.
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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