Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Storm Series 3 Size - print:20x30 This is that moment —

This is that moment — a wall of water rising up from the Pacific

arrived at the Japanese Garden at 8:30 — and walked into every photographer in the Pacific Northwest

and the light held long enough

and I used it

A wide-angle view that puts the natural bridge in full context

Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Storm Series 3 Size - print:20x30 This is that moment —Above the Overlooks, Above the Standard View. Getting above Yaquina Head changes everything about how you see it. I hiked to Salal Hill specifically for this swell to be high enough to show the lighthouse in its actual relationship to the ocean rather than isolated against the sky. At 20 plus feet, waves reach the rocks at the base of the headland and send white water in all directions. The lighthouse has stood at this point since 1873. On days like