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Shine Tidelands State Park
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Shine Tidelands State Park

south of Port Ludlow, Washington
visited 14 May 2021
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Shine Tidelands State Park is a quiet day-use beach park located at the west end of the Hood Canal Bridge, not far from my home. A few mornings ago when I woke up, I noticed that it was foggy out. I knew it would be a good day to document this park.

A long steel truss and concrete causeway bridge stretches across calm gray water and disappears into heavy fog, with a rocky tree-covered shoreline on the right and a lone rock poking out of the water in the foreground.
The east end of the bridge disappeared into the fog this morning.
A gravel road curves along a coastline shrouded in dense morning fog, with a forested hillside of evergreens and leafy green trees fading into the mist on the left and a shoreline with shrubs and driftwood on the right.
A gravel road curves along a shoreline on a foggy morning at Shine Tidelands State Park, with green shrubs and trees to the right and a faint bridge barely visible through the mist over the water in the distance.
A foggy, gray morning along a gravel beach at Shine Tidelands State Park, with calm water fading into mist on the right and a lush green forested bluff dropping to the shore on the left. Weathered driftwood logs rest on the sand and pebbles, and a band of bright green seaweed or algae runs along the tide line.
A misty, pebbled shoreline where leaning green-leaved trees and piles of bleached driftwood meet calm gray water, with fog obscuring the horizon in the distance. Streaks of bright green algae cover part of the rocky beach in the foreground.
A large weathered driftwood stump with twisting, bleached roots rests on a pebbled shore beside calm, silvery water under an overcast sky. Leafy green maple branches arch overhead from the upper portion of the frame at Shine Tidelands State Park.
A large weathered driftwood log lies on a pebbly beach, its bleached gray wood twisting into dramatic swirls and layered grain, with patches of bright green seaweed clinging to the sand and base of the log.
A misty, fog-shrouded beach strewn with large bleached driftwood logs and a dramatically arched, weathered tree trunk, with clumps of green dune grass sprouting from a sandy mound in the foreground. Forested shoreline fades into the gray mist on the left, and calm water is barely visible under the overcast sky.
A close-up of weathered gray driftwood with a smooth, silvered upper surface and a lower section where the outer layer has flaked away to reveal warmer tan and brown wood beneath, showing the natural textures and cracks of the aged timber.
A weathered, forked piece of gray driftwood rests on a tidal flat where bright green seaweed sprawls over sand, pebbles, and small stones. Scattered bits of driftwood lie in the background at low tide.
A weathered gray driftwood log with a deep vertical crack and tiny borer holes dominates the foreground on a pebbly beach, with another bleached log branching off and calm water visible in the background.
A bare, weathered driftwood branch with leafless twigs extends from the right side of the frame out over calm gray water, which blends into a hazy, foggy sky with no visible horizon line. The muted blue-gray tones give the scene a quiet, minimalist, melancholy mood.
A large, weathered piece of bleached driftwood with twisting, swirling grain and knotted root forms rests on a gravel beach, its bark-stripped surface mottled with white, gray, and patches of yellow-orange lichen. Behind it, the ground transitions from fine sand and pebbles to a stretch of green algae-covered shoreline.
A foggy morning on a calm pebble shoreline where evergreen conifers rise along the left bank and fade into the mist, with a small fishing boat moored alone on the still gray water to the right.

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