TRAVEL. NORTHWEST AMERICA
Discovering Ruby Beach and The Tree of Life in Olympic National Park- Huckleberry Travel Journal
After hiking Hoh Rainforest, friends recommended Ruby Beach for contemplating life and taking great photos of sea stacks
I’ve read that the beach was named from the ruby-like crystals in the beach sand. To be honest, the crystals weren’t apparent to me, as I was completely focused on the large, rock islands known as sea stacks.
The sea stacks were engulfed in what appeared to be heavy, quickly moving fog. Our local friends, Jennifer and Peter, referred to this “fog” as marine air.
A marine layer can contain fog, which is visible, low-lying condensed air containing water drops or ice crystals — essentially, a cloud close to the ground. But it’s not actually fog, it’s more the Tupperware that holds the fog. Fog happens everywhere, but marine layers are special because they only occur where there are large bodies of water, and they can keep fog around longer, trapping it. — Sunset
