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Some recent images from the Oregon Coast.

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December 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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My shot of Yaquina Head Lighthouse in #Newport #Oregon taken yesterday.

It was made in Paris in 1868 and shipped over to be built & went into operation 1873.

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December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Yaquina Head and it's lighthouse

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An image of Yaquina Head and the Yaquina Head Lighthouse in low angled winter sun.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Yaquina Head, looking inland rather than towards the lighthouse.

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Low angle winter sun add depth to an image of Yaquina Head.
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Bald Eagle at Yaquina Head

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A bald eagle located in the trees north of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse.
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Rainbow and clouds obscure Yaquina Head.

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Clouds and a rainbow looking north across Agate Beach to Yaquina Head in Newport, Oregon.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Winter waves at Yaquina Head.

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An image of the rock formations being hit by high waves at Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon.
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A California Sea Lion appears to give me side eye while hunting food in the surf at Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast.

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A California Sea Lion appears to give me side eye while hunting food in the surf at Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. Horizontal color photograph: the top half of the spotted grey and white head of the sea lion is visible above the foam strewn, blue-green water. In the background, the next wave crashed into the frame full of white foam and flying water droplets.
October 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yaquina Head Lighthouse After Sunset

If you click through, you'll see the shadow trails of the last birds flying home for the night - an effect of the long shutter speed.

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Yaquina Head Lighthouse After Sunset Horizontal color photograph. The Yaquina Head Lighthouse stands against the post-sunset glow. In the foreground, motion blurred by the long exposure, gentle wavelets approach the coast. In the mid image, Yaquida head and the sea stacks just off its point rear out of the ocean, coming into the frame from the left. About a 1/3 of the way into the image, there is a tree, and then the keeps quarters, and then the Lighthouse standing tall, with its beacon lit. The sky beyond and above is warm orange that transitions to a more yellow orange as it you look towards the top of the frame. If you click through and look closely, you'll see shadowy streaks in the sky. Those are trails of the last birds flying to the sea stacks to rest for the night - an effect of the long shutter speed required to capture the failing light.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A female Harlequin Duck swims over a wave as it preps for its next dive in cove of Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast.

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A female Harlequin Duck swims over a wave as it preps for its next dive in cove of Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. Horizontal color photograph. The duck is small, with dark brow-black feathers. It has two white spots on its head above and below the eye, and a third spot on the back of the head. It's bill is black with a white tip.It's moving from right-to-left across the image, as you can tell by the wake it's leaving.
October 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A California Sea Lion squints at me while its fellow continues to hunt through the waters in the cove of Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast.

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A California Sea Lion squints at me while its fellow continues the pursuit of food through the waters in the cove of Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. Vertical color photograph. A light gray spotted sea lion pops its head out of a wave churned sea of sea foam with occasional breaks of water to squint towards shore. The right eye is closed, while the left eye is open. You can sea bits of foam caught on its whiskers In the background, just in front of a sea stack, a second, darker sea lion's head is visible above the foam as it moves from right-to-left across the image.
September 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Really? That Shirt with Those Pants?

A Pacific Harbor Seal pauses to disapprove of me as it hunts off Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area.

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A Pacific Harbor Seal pauses to disapprove of me as it hunts off Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. Color photograph, the head of the seal is just above the water - the body is submerged. The water is blue, rippled and with many spots of froth from the wave action. The seal has a white fur body, with dark fur on top of its head and almost black eyes.
September 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It probably takes going out on a boat to get a good whale picture, but I haven't done so. This picture of a gray whale was taken from Yaquina Head near the lighthouse.

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A gray whale feeding near shallow rocks at the tip of Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon.
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yaquina Head Lighthouse Under the Milky Way

Stood for a couple of hours on an empty beach, fighting the cold, condensation and boredom, until the galactic center of the Milky Way reached the right spot.

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Yaquina Head Lighthouse Under the Milky Way Vertical color photo: The Milky Towers over the Yaquina Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. The lighthouse's lamp is lit, and the mist cause it to have 4 distinct spikes. It is also reflecting in the waters below the cliff formation it sits on. Overhead. and just to frame right of the lighthouse, the core of the Milky Way Galaxy is visible, with the arm of the Galaxy marching up and up and up across the sky. Indulged in a last minute trip to the Oregon Coast because of a last minute opening in the weather forecast provided an opportunity to try to capture some Milky Way shots. Between the looming end of the Milky Way photo season in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of the Pacific NW's annual rainfest, astrophotography opportunities are extremely limited. Stood for a couple of hours on this bit of beach that's an unmarked city park, fighting the cold, condensation and boredom, waiting for the galactic center of the Milky Way to rotate to where I wanted it to be for this photo.
September 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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September 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Coast Fog

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A late morning fog bank rolls over Yaquina Head near Newport, Oregon.
September 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Cobble Beach at Yaquina Head.

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A black and white image of Cobble Beach, Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon.
September 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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I was exploring the north side of Yaquina Head and found this arch.

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A rock arch with a tide pool beneath on the north side of Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon.
August 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Eagles at Yaquina Head are not uncommon, here is one posing near the roadway.

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A mature bald eagle poses in a tree along the main road to Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Eagles are not uncommon here as they like to feed on the common murre population.
August 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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From a walk out to Quarry Cove at Yaquina Head today.

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Looking southwest from above Quarry Cove at Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon.
August 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Hiking the Yaquina Head Trail.

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A view looking inland while hiking the Yaquina Head main trail between the lighthouse and the entrance.
August 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The Bureau of Land Management oversees the surrounding Natural Area. They have an album of photos here:
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Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
Come visit the BLM's Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area at the beautiful Oregon Coast! This interpretive center features exhibits on seabirds and marine life as well as human history from the he...
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August 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Cloud formations over Yaquina Head

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Clouds building up above Yaquina Head as seen from the bluffs above Agate Beach in Newport, Oregon.
July 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Cormorants on the rocks at Yaquina Head.

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Cormorants on offshore rocks at Yaquina Head, Newport, Oregon.
June 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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A wave cascades over a rock at Yaquina Head.

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A wave breaks over the big rock west of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse at Yaquina Head.
June 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM