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Photo: Shi Shi Beach
Photo: Rocky outcrops at a Washington beach
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Photograph by Melissa Farlow

The 73 miles (118 kilometers) of coastline protected by Washington's Olympic National Park is speckled with sea stacks like these on Shi Shi Beach. This remote beach is famed for the tidal pools that collect amid the stacks and harbor unparalleled sea life.

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