Friday, April 16, 2010

Rialto Beach – Olympic National Park, WA, USA

Rialto Beach is one of those extremely different beaches located in the Pacific North West of the United States and is a part of the Olympic National Park.

 
Well, for starters, the beach is a jet black sand stretch, which makes it very unique. Then, we have these giant logs that end up on this beach after facing the fury of the Pacific typhoons and cyclones.


These giant logs along with the massive temperate rainforests by the beach make for a great sight. To make matters even more interesting are the seastacks, that are giant rock protrusions on small islands by the coastline.

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9 comments:

  1. pnsubramanianApril 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Beautiful pictures of the black beach.

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  2. Sankara Subramanian CApril 16, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    Thank you PNS!

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  3. chitraApril 17, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    I have visited your blog earlier.
    Is the beach sand, black due to presence of minerals?
    Following you.

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  4. chitraApril 17, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    I want to follow this blog but can't see the follow button. will you help me.

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  5. Sankara Subramanian CApril 18, 2010 at 11:26 AM

    Thank you Chitra for dropping by. It is good to know that you are a returning visitor...

    I guess the beach sand is black because of the erosion from the nearby black seastacks (limestone rocks) nearby. The whole area is filled with such seastacks.

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  6. Sankara Subramanian CApril 18, 2010 at 11:27 AM

    Chitra, you can follow my blog by scrolling to the bottom of the blog page where you will find google connect. You can follow my blog by adding yourself here. Thanks!

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  7. Sankara Subramanian CApril 18, 2010 at 11:28 AM

    BTW, even I like to read your travel pilgrimages...have been your follower for a long while now...

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  8. kirigalpoththaApril 18, 2010 at 11:31 PM

    Nice!

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  9. Sankara Subramanian CApril 18, 2010 at 11:33 PM

    Thanks man!

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