NOAA’s Vintage West Coast Collection: Select Images
Written By Clara Dudley
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Library contains over 80,000 user-submitted images from the United States for public domain use assorted in collections focused on research, landscape, wildlife, and nature documentation in North America (primarily USA). The Photo Library have been a service of the NOAA Central Library since 1998, and is a project of NOAA, under the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Below are a selection of original photographs from the West Coast section of the America’s Coastline collection, covering a range of coastal scenery from Washington to Southern California from the 1970s to early 2000s.
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Shasta Reservoir, California (1980) By Budd Christman (Affiliation: NOAA Corps)
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The full moon on coast west of Astoria, Oregon (1984), by Commander Grady Tuell (Affiliation: NOAA Corps)
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"The mouth of the Russian River north of San Francisco, CA" (info unknown)
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Cypress Point in Carmel, California (1993), by Commander Grady Tuell (Affiliation: NOAA Corps)
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"A quiet cove on the west side of Santa Catalina Island" (info unknown)
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Mount Rainier, Washington, at sunset (info unknown)
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In the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (1989), Point Reyes, California
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In the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (1989), Point Reyes, California
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South of Lompoc, California (unknown date), By Mr. William Folsom (Affiliation: NOAA)
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Point Lobos, Carmel Bay, California (2000), By Michael Theberge (Affiliation: NOAA Ship McARTHUR)
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Pt. Defiance, Gig Harbour, Washington State, 2000. By Carol Baldwin (Affiliation: NOAA OMAO)
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The Seattle, WA, waterfront (1979), By Mary Hollinger (Affiliation: NODC biologist)
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Pt. Defiance, Gig Harbour, Washington State, 2000. By Carol Baldwin (Affiliation: NOAA OMAO)
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Mt. Ranier, Washington State, 2000. By Carol Baldwin (Affiliation: NOAA OMAO)
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Cliffs south of Davenport, central California Coast, By Captain Albert E. Theberge (Affiliation: NOAA Corps)
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"Del Norte County coastline just south of the California-Oregon border" (1977) By Commander George Leigh (Affiliation: NOAA Corps)
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"The Big Sur coastline as seen while traveling along Highway 1" (1989) By Ben Mieremet (Affiliation: NOAA)
Clara Dudley
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