Logs on Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park, Kalaloch, Washington

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The distant log on Olympic National Park's Kalaloch Beach is as thick at the base as a tall man, about 6 ft. (2 m). Yet it's hardly even a giant among the Sitka spruces of Washington.

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Mount Rainier From Coal Creek Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

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Mount Rainier, aka Mount Tacoma, as seen from the US 12 pass on Coal Creek Mountain, more than 15 miles away. I call it "Tacoma-San."

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Diablo Lake, North Cascades National Park, Diablo, Washington

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Looking roughly south, this small piece of Diablo Lake in North Cascades National Park is green because of glacier-ground rock particles suspended in the water, much like rivers in the Canadian Rockies.

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