Pancake Rocks

The Pancake Rocks get their name from the weathered stacks of layered sedimentary rock that dot this stretch of coastline.

The Pancake Rocks' version of Mount Rushmore. [1280x960]

The erosion from the surf creates a lot of interesting rock formations.

Here you can see a hole opened in one of the rock walls by the ocean.

A windswept, twisting branch growing nearby.

Lots more pancake stacks.

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