Pictures Outside
Some cool night pictures using extended exposure time
From balcony, January 22, 2010, 10:10pm
Swirling Seas, from balcony, January 22, 2010, 10 pm
Other pictures
Mouth of cave through Rainbow Rock
Under water at high tide, the cave through Rainbow Rock will empty out completely during low tide. The passage is between 7 and 9 feet high in the spring but the clearance decreases as sand gets deposited through the Summer months.
View on a rough sea day from Rainbow Rock Retreat's 2nd floor balcony January 28, 2010. Contrast this to the pictures when the sea is placid and calm.
Rainbow from balcony, January 26, 2010
Tumultuous Winter Seas crashing over a 23 foot high rock outcropping.
View to South from beach, tide on it's way out
View from rock outcropping toward Rainbow Rock. Cave opening can be seen.
Sunset-Twilight borderland. From balcony January, 2010.
Rainbow above, rough seas below on this January day.
3 photo wide angle panorama using a Nikkor 24-85mm F2.8-4.0 of view from balcony. Wide angle pushes everything away. Thus, in real life, everything is closer than it appears in this picture. See home page for actual perspectives.
Rainbow Rock Retreat is a family owned condominium that is offered as a vacation rental for no more than 12 weeks per year. The private gated Rainbow Rock Condominium Complex is about two miles North of Brookings, Oregon and is directly on the Oregon Coast. The Community sits atop a Bluff, magnifying the magestic views of the Southern Oregon Coast. Brookings, Oregon is just 6 miles North of the California Border. The Brookings, Oregon/Rainbow Rock area is within a short drive to the most scenic California Redwood Groves, including Jedediah Smith State Park Giant Redwood Grove, about 30 minutes away and The Redwood National Park, just 40 minutes away. Brookings, Oregon is also at the Southern most tip of Oregon's Wild Rivers Coast, and features the most scenic 30 mile stretch of coastline found in the Pacific Northwest, and possible all of the Continental US. Rainbow Rock Retreat is on a 13 acres and borders the Samuel H. Boardman State Park, an 11 mild scenic coastal park. The Oregon Coastal Trail begins at the border of the Rainbow Rock Retreat property and extends the length of the park, and beyond. The trail offers both forested and scenic ocean vistas. In the two miles between Rainbow Rock and Brookings, Oregon, is Harris Beach State Park, one of the more photographed shorelines in Oregon. To the North, is Lone Ranch Beach and Cape Ferrelo, both magnificent and scenic.
Approximately 15 miles North is the Beautiful Pistol River scenic shoreline and Cape Sebastian. Gold Beach, Oregon is approximately 30 minutes North of Rainbow Rock Retreat.
The scenic location and wonderful accommodations provided by Rainbow Rock Retreat make it a remarkable and memorable place to retreat to for romance, peace, and serenity.
Looking West from balcony
Looking South from balcony June 12, 2010.
Rainbow at Rainbow Rock Retreat June 12, 2010
From balcony, June 9, 2010, 11 pm
3 photo panaroma using a Nikkor 300mm f2.8, from balcony looking South on July 31, 2010. The high mountains in the background are in California and the rocky shore in the distance is near Smith River, California.
Up close look at the beautiful rock wall in the cave.
Up close look at the beautiful rock wall in the cave.
Looking West January 22, 2011, 72 degrees!

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