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Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach is home to millions of birds and other sea life. The starfish, anenomes, welks, hermit crabs, and mussels are usually hidden beneath the choppy surf boiling around the base of the rock. We were fortunate to be there during a 'minus tide' - the lowest of the year. Revealed to us were the myriad life forms crowding every square inch of the rock's surface.

Low tide exposes the base of the rock.

Barnacles and mussels of all sizes encrust the rocks at the water line.

Fully opened anenome at water's edge.

Starfish huddle among mussels and anenomes.

Starfish amid a forest of anenomes.

Kelp festoons the rocks. Notice the anenome at the right hanging down into the water!

The incoming tide once again covers the rocks, protecting the sealife below.

Late Afternoon

Message to a friend.

Nice end to a great day.

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