Water: Coasts, Rivers, and Lakes

Volcanic coastline in the Pu`uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historic Park

Coquille River Light on the Coquille River near Bandon, Oregon, USA

Starfish on mussel-covered rock on the beach in Bandon, Oregon, USA

Cascading waterfalls of Lower Proxy Falls, Oregon, USA

View of coastline in Ecola State Park near Indian Beach, Oregon, USA

Ice detail along the West Pond Cove shoreline on the Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Fall colors surround Long Pond, a one-mile long lake on Isle au Haut near Acadia National Park, Maine

Unusual striations in the granite rocks along the Western Head Trail on Isle au Haut in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Winter sunrise along the eastern shore of Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Low tide reveals rockweed and boulders in Merchant Cove, Isle au Haut, Acadia National Park, ME

Bubbles and seaweed intermingling in a tide pool along Eben's Head Trail in Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut, Maine, USA

Pre-dawn at Boulder Beach and the Otter Cliffs, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

View of the coastline from the Raven's Nest on the Schoodic Peninsula at Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Skypools in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona

Abstract sky pool pattern in Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona

Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) rests on the beach below Cape Blanco, Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon,USA

Star fish cling to a mussel-covered rocks as waves from the Pacific Ocean crash into them on Indian Beach, Ecola State Park, Oregon, USA

Rocks blend into the sea on Sand Beach at Newport Cove in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA