The sun is setting here on the west coast of Washington state"s rugged Olympic Peninsula, where more than 3,000 square miles of marine waters are protected as part of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Wondering where exactly we are? Look at a map of the United States and draw your finger up the West Coast until it ends where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets the Pacific Ocean. Those final 135 miles of shoreline form the landward boundary of the sanctuary, which also extends seaward 25 to 50 miles.
A wild, craggy corner of the United States
Today in History
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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The parenting of a piping plover
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An endless journey
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Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
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Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
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The Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
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Ponta Delgada
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Landscape Architecture Month
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It s World Poetry Day
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Coral Reef Awareness Week
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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Chinese New Year
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The Twin Cities celebrate Pride
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The Brocken, Harz National Park, Germany
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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A winter light show
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Lantern Festival
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International Polar Bear Day
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Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand
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Women s History Month
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Kawachi Fuji Garden
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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River Quoich in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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The largest living organism on Earth
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Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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A bridge of Madison County
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International Museum Day
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Pascua Florida Day
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