Overlooking is a photograph by Robert Bales which was uploaded on September 23rd, 2011.
Overlooking
Cape Disappointment lighthouse is used by ships to find the Columbia River.
Looking at Cape Disappointment from McKinney's Head.
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by Robert Bales
Title
Overlooking
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Cape Disappointment lighthouse is used by ships to find the Columbia River.
Looking at Cape Disappointment from McKinney's Head.
Cape Disappointment is a headland located at the extreme southwestern corner of Washington State on the north side of the Columbia River bar. The point of the cape is located on the Pacific Ocean in Pacific County, approximately two miles (3.2 km) southwest of the town of Ilwaco. Cape Disappointment receives about 2552 hours of fog a year the equivalent of 106 days making it one of the foggiest places in the US.
The cape was named on April 12, 1788 by British fur trader John Meares who was sailing south from Nootka in search of trade. After a storm, he turned his ship around just north of the Cape and therefore just missed the discovery of the Columbia River. Alternatively, the cape may have been named in Nov. 1805 by a member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, which had recently succeeded in reaching the Pacific, when he found no ships in the vicinity, according to the journal of the expedition as recited in the Ken Burns documentar.
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September 23rd, 2011
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Comments (31)
Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Power and Beauty of the Ocean Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section. L/F
Joseph Schofield
I have chosen to feature this fine image on the homepage of Pacific Northwest Plus. Please archive it on the 2024 features and thank you thread.
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this marvelous capture of Cape Disappointment lighthouse for special feature on the 1000 view group[p...t/p
Marvin Blaine
Love the beautiful scenery Robert! Exceptional piece! L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much for the wonderful comments and the LF!! I would like to go back there thiss summer, but the gas prices!!
Christine Burdine
Great shot of the light house looking over it all. Just awesome, voted!
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Christina for the great comment and the vote! I had a little hike to get to this one!!
Christina Shaskus
Wow, Gorgeous.. the colors are just .. WOW... who knew there were so many shades of blue? :) V/f/FB/T/Pin/G+
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much for the great review about the shades of blue and the v/f//fb/t/pin/g
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