Some additional shots of the marshy area near the lighthouse at Marrowstone Point at Fort Flagler State Park southeast of Port Townsend. I don’t know how long it has been since the fencing has actually performed a ‘fence function’, but it seems to have been a considerable time. The water in the background is Puget Sound, the land across the way is Whidbey Island.
I don’t know what the botanical names are for these algal growths… my degree was in geology and biology or botany weren’t required. But they make great patterns along the edge of this marshy area.
This was taken at Fort Flagler State Park on Marrowstone Island, SE of Port Townsend.
I was walking around Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island (just SE of Port Townsend, WA) and it was awfully wet. The area is close to sea level, just off the beach, and at the base of a bluff. I think the water that pools up just sits on top of the brackish groundwater. I liked the reflections it provided.
These were taken from the boat launch and campground area of Fort Flagler State Park on the north end of Marrowstone Island. The top photo shows the northeast corner of the Olympic Mountains including Mt Constance (the tallest pointy one) … the more rounded summit that looks higher, but is only closer, is Mt Townsend. In the foreground distance is a crane loading (or unloading) munitions from a Navy ship at the Naval Magazine on Indian Island. Below shows the northeast Olympics running west towards Port Angeles. The water in both images is the mouth of Kilisut Harbor off of Port Townsend Bay.
These shots were taken within a minute or two of each other, the difference being the direction into or away from the sun. Above shows some of the old Fort Flagler buildings (still being used for retreats and other meetings). Below shows the peaks of the central Cascades above Puget Sound, with the years first snow reflecting the pink of the sunset.
