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Images of American lighthouses on the Pacific coast - California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii

Cattle Point Sunrise 2018

Cattle Point Lighthouse was built by the US Coast Guard in 1935 to guide ships transiting the Inner Passage of the Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Pacific into Puget Sound.

One of the iconic images of the San Juan Islands, it was added to the San Juan Islands National Monument in 2013. The point was named after the Hudson's Bay Company established a ranch here in 1853.

It is a great location to catch sunrise; on clear days offering views of the Olympic Mountains to the Southwest, Mt Baker and the North Cascades to the northeast, and Mt Rainier, southeast of Seattle.

On this early summer day, however, I was simply able to capture some of the colors from a cloudy sunrise.