Water Wall - Oregon Coast

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Two Waves Become One. Forty-Five Feet.This isn't one wave. It's two.In certain conditions on the Oregon Coast, two swells arrive from slightly different angles and collide — what's called a rebound wave. The energy doesn't cancel. It stacks. The result is a single wave face that dwarfs what either swell would have produced on its own. This one reached 35 to 45 feet.The backlight came through it the way it only does when the timing is exact and the weather cooperates. The color at this particular stretch of the coast has a quality that changes with the angle of the sun — deep green and luminous in a way that flat gray sky never gives you. Both conditions had to happen at the same moment. They did.Every print is made to order on archival-grade media — the same materials used in fine art and museum printing. Printed, inspected, and shipped by Jeremy Burke personally. Show more