Our Beach At Sunset
by Kym Backland
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Our Beach At Sunset
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Kym Backland
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This is the sunset from my house. A Summer Sunset over the beautiful Olympic Mountains in WashingtonThe Brothers Mountains, no sailboats, or speedboats are in front of the house right now... I love the view of these mountains for the last 35 years! Here is some of that technical information you might want to know about these gorgeous peaks.
What a day on Puget Sound! The sun is out, the boats are out, the people are out! The mountains can be seen for miles. There is still snow on the Olympic Mountains. They are some gorgeous mountains! It's so nice when you have a good wind blowing! I used to know all the names of the Olympic Peaks. I will have look up the names again. Ok here is some information on those special Mountains.The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at 7,962 ft (2,427 m); however, the eastern slopes rise out of Puget Sound and the western slopes are separated from the Pacific Ocean by the 20 to 35 km (12 to 22 mi) wide Pacific Ocean coastal plain. The western slopes are the wettest place in the 48 contiguous states. Most of the mountains are protected within the bounds of the Olympic National Park. Physiographically, they are a section of the larger Pacific Border province, which is in turn a part of the larger Pacific Mountain System. The mountains were originally called "Sun-a-do" by the Duwamish Indians,[17] while the first European to see them, the Spanish navigator Juan Perez, named Mount Olympus "Santa Rosalia", in 1774.[18] But the English captain John Meares, seeing them in 1788, thought them beautiful enough for the gods to dwell there, and named the highest point "Mount Olympus" after the mountain in Greece. Various names for the mountains were used based on the name Mount Olympus, including the Olympic Range, the Olympian Mountains, and the Olympus Range. Alternate proposals never caught on, and in 1864 the Seattle Weekly Gazette persuaded the government to make the present-day name official, although other names continued to be used. Though readily visible from most parts of western Washington, the interior was almost entirely unexplored until 1885, when 2nd Lt. Joseph P. O'Neil of the 14th Infantry, stationed at Fort Vancouver, led a small expedition from Port Angeles, repeating the venture in 1890. O'Neil's reports on his explorations resulted in his recommendation that the region be declared a national park. Mount Olympus itself was not ascended until 1907, one of the first successes of The Mountaineers, which had been organized in Seattle just a few years earlier. A number of the more obscure and least-accessible peaks in the range were not ascended until the 1970s. President Grover Cleveland protected the forests of the Olympic Peninsula with the Olympic Forest Reserve in 1897. The Olympic National Forest was established in 1907. The Mount Olympus National Monument was proclaimed by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, and made into a park in 1938. In 1953, the park was enlarged, and the wilderness was established in 1988.
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Majula Warmoth
I just love the orangish, pinkish, yellow tones throughout. Beautiful water and reflections! l/f
Kym Backland
SARAH, Hello again new group leader.. so many new groups you have formed.. I love it! Happy Summer to you! Thank you so much for my feature of OUR BEACH AT SUNSET in your wonderful group REFLECTION PHOTOGRAPHY..I appreciate your time and work that goes into doing all this at FAA..I like the newly formed groups you have started.. I appreciate all the features Sarah!
Kym Backland
CHRIS, Happy Summer to you! Thank you so much for my feature of OUR BEACH AT SUNSET in your wonderful group YOUR BEST LANDSCAPE..I appreciate your time and work that goes into doing all this at FAA..I like the newly formed group Chris!
Kym Backland
ELLA, Happy Thursday to you my friend! Thanks so much for the feature today of my photo OUR BEACH AT SUNSET in your wonderful group YOUR BEST WORK. I am most appreciative to you both, or is it just you Ella? Either way thank you!
Craig Wood
Congratulations of your feature! Reminds me of home in West Seattle and some time spent in Bremerton. I love the Olympics! F/V
Kym Backland
RANDY, (Blue Elvis and Friends) Happy Tuesday to you my friend! Thanks so much for the feature today of my photo OUR BEACH AT SUNSET in your wonderful group WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY.. I am most appreciative to you all..
Randy Rosenberger
A true honor to post your grandiose artworks on our FEATURED ARTWORK section of our HOMEPAGE! Love your works and your style, and am very proud to display your awesome art pieces on our website! Thanks for sharing! Fave and Vote, Forever, Elvis
Kym Backland replied:
Randy, (and your team) Thanks so much Blue Elvis.. I hope you are feeling better!
Kym Backland
ELLEN, So many groups you manage! Thank you for the feature today of my photo OUR BEACH AT SUNSET.. in your very new group SEASONS.. I do appreciate all your time and dedication Ellen!
Vadim Levin
Beautiful photograph of the peaceful sunset. Kym, you have an amazing view from your house! Also congratulate on your recent sale. Voted.
Angela Stanton
oh gosh.. sorry Kym.. FAA must be having some trouble..
Kym Backland replied:
Angela, I love your new posting of that girl with the pink dress on. Is it you?
Angela Stanton
Wonderful colors and mood to this photo Kym! Thanks for your well wishes and I hope you too had a wonderful holiday weekend! v/f
Kym Backland replied:
Angela, Thanks for ALL your comments.. hehe.. I never can figure out why that happens.. you know the multiple comments.. I saw it happen, and it did it 14 times.. But, besides all that, thanks for your wonderful notes and your votes.. and giving it a favoriting!