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“Haystack Blues”
Description:
Haystack Rock in Pacific City, traditionally known as Chief Kiawanda to the Nestucca people, rises 335 feet above the Pacific. Photographed at low tide, its silhouette reflects across wet sand under an unusually blue sky, capturing a rare moment of coastal weather along the Oregon Coast.
Story:
A rare moment along the Oregon coast: Haystack Rock standing in silhouette, a dark brushstroke against a canvas of white edged in blue.
Morning light had only just begun its work when the sky deepened into an almost impossible shade. The wet sand became a mirror, doubling the blue until it felt as if the world were made of nothing else.
A day at the coast can brighten any mood, even under an ordinary sky. But this was no ordinary sky. On this morning, the clouds themselves carried the same blue as the heavens above them.
I cannot say why. I cannot say how. Perhaps they hid from the sun and borrowed their color from reflected light. Perhaps it was something rarer still.
Whatever the cause, the effect was stunning.
I have never seen clouds like that again.
Have you?
-BAP
Location:
Pacific City, Oregon
45° 12' 51.4'' N, 123° 58' 18.3'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 07:12 PST (sunrise 07:09)
Date: February 20th, 2019
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Nikon D800E, NIKKOR 24-70 mm f/2.8G, CPL Filter, Tripod
ISO 100, 24 mm, f/8, 1/50 sec
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“Haystack Blues”
Description:
Haystack Rock in Pacific City, traditionally known as Chief Kiawanda to the Nestucca people, rises 335 feet above the Pacific. Photographed at low tide, its silhouette reflects across wet sand under an unusually blue sky, capturing a rare moment of coastal weather along the Oregon Coast.
Story:
A rare moment along the Oregon coast: Haystack Rock standing in silhouette, a dark brushstroke against a canvas of white edged in blue.
Morning light had only just begun its work when the sky deepened into an almost impossible shade. The wet sand became a mirror, doubling the blue until it felt as if the world were made of nothing else.
A day at the coast can brighten any mood, even under an ordinary sky. But this was no ordinary sky. On this morning, the clouds themselves carried the same blue as the heavens above them.
I cannot say why. I cannot say how. Perhaps they hid from the sun and borrowed their color from reflected light. Perhaps it was something rarer still.
Whatever the cause, the effect was stunning.
I have never seen clouds like that again.
Have you?
-BAP
Location:
Pacific City, Oregon
45° 12' 51.4'' N, 123° 58' 18.3'' W
Google Map Link
Time: 07:12 PST (sunrise 07:09)
Date: February 20th, 2019
Camera & Settings:
Single shot
Nikon D800E, NIKKOR 24-70 mm f/2.8G, CPL Filter, Tripod
ISO 100, 24 mm, f/8, 1/50 sec
