Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon: Coastal erosion is a fact of life, but many of us forget that tides and waves have a significant effect on our shores, as it often happens over long periods of time. These pillars at Cannon Beach in Oregon were no doubt once a part of the land mass that has been all but washed away by the forces of nature and time. It is now one of the great walking beaches on the West Coast, so much so, that it is lined with homes. Local residents volunteer to interpret and protect the Sentinels during low tides for visitors during summer. The width of the beach at low tide is so vast, that you can walk to the largest of these remaining protrusions, Haystack Rock, to clearly see the hundreds of Tufted Puffins, Gulls and Cormorants perched on its rocky surface. Nature is still working on them, evidenced by the sea tunnel within Haystack.
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