Scenic Marine Sunrise
by Robert Bales
Title
Scenic Marine Sunrise
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
The San Juan Island Archapelago consists of a staggering 172 islands, some only visible during extreme low tide (look out boaters!), and well over 300 miles of shoreline. The three largest islands are geographically unique: Orcas being the hilliest (The tallest peak is Mount Constitution at almost exactly a half-mile elevation.), Lopez the flattest and best for easy cycling and San Juan Island is a combination of both.
The shorelines are a combination of sandy, pebbly and rocky beaches, offering clumps of bull kelp, tangles of ceday, madrona and fir driftwood. Shallow harbors offer safe harbor to shallow draft vessels like hayaks and small motorboats and deep harbors provide perfect moorage for sailboats and larger yachts. Just consult your charts before you choose which ones work for you.
The islands are famous for their resident pods of Orcas. There are three resident pods that eat salmon but also some transient orcas that come to take Harbor seals (Listen to live Orca songs here). Other marine mammals include the River otter, Steller sea lions, Common minke whales, Dall's porpoise and other cetaceans.
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February 18th, 2013
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Comments (59)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #27 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Stunning sunrise colors and ensuing water reflections! nominating for special feature on the 1000 view group... f/t/p/
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Geraldine DeBoer
What a fantastic sunrise... Wonderful all the way around. L.F.
Robert Bales replied:
It sure was!! We woke up to it on our boat!! Thanks for the LF and nice comments!!
Sandra Huston
Robert an absolute stunning capture of a gorgeous sunset reflected on the water! l/f/ f
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Sandra for the very nice comments on the sunset and the reflections along with the LF!!
Chaos Fractals
Breathtaking majestic scenery!.. it went straight into my long-term memory! l/f
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much Chaos for the wonderful comments and so glad you enjoyed the image!!