Puget Sound winter wavelets

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Approaching the winter sunset, the shapes of the waves look frilly as they break on the sand flats at Fern Cove on Vashon Island.
  • Approaching the winter sunset, the shapes of the waves look frilly as they break on the sand flats at Fern Cove on Vashon Island.
    The late afternoon sun causes the edges of the breaking waves to look dark.
  • The low angle of the winter sun accents the edges of the breaking waves in Colvos Passage of Puget Sound.
    Waves get smaller as the tide goes out.
  • Small waves on the rocks cause bubbles and foam.
    Small waves cause foam.

When the wind blows from the north it gets pretty chilly and the Puget Sound water can get quite choppy, but as the tide goes out the waves abate and become wavelets instead of breakers. The low angle of the winter sun makes the textures and shapes of these wavelets stand out.

For Ryan Photography’s Photo for the Week: Water

…and Jez Braithwaite’s Water, Water Everywhere

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